Bay Bridge to Shut Down Again
According to KTVU News here in the Bay Area, a temporary fix made to the cracked eyebar on the Bay Bridge is not fully healed and will most likely require that Caltrans shut down the entire span in the near future to fix it once again.
From KTVU:
“We’re going to try to do it as soon as we can, said Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney. “[We will] base the decision on what the methodology and what the type [of repair it] is going to be.”
Caltrans officials said the agency is studying a range of fixes from a complete replacement of the cracked 80-foot-long steel eyebar to other less extensive repairs.
“Maybe adding a member on the outside; trying to repair that individual eyebar. Those are possibilities that are being looked at,” explained Ney.
A source familiar with the project told KTVU that designers have settled on adding a second eyebar over the cracked one and inserting a longer pin to hold the two together.
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