UC Professor: Get Off of the Bay Bridge If You Value Your Life
Posted by Valerie Woolard on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 06:37 pm

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In a statement that has us at the Clog rather terrified, a UC Berkeley structural engineer had some choice words to say about the Bay Bridge. Spoiler alert: he is not a fan.

Yesterday, Professor Abolhassan Astaneh said the Bay Bridge has not been safe since the eyebar repair that had to be performed over Labor Day weekend.

“You have to shut down this bridge immediately,” said Professor Astaneh.”There’s no doubt about it.” read more »

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Ruh Roh: The Bay Bridge Is (Not Actually) Falling Down (Yet)
Posted by Valerie Woolard on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 01:23 am

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Bad news for lovers of driving into San Francisco and uncrowded BART trains; the Bay Bridge is currently closed indefinitely after pieces from a repair made over Labor Day weekend came crashing down and hit three cars. The incident took place late Tuesday afternoon and was coincidentally in the same location as a critical flaw that was discovered and repaired during the bridge’s Labor Day  closure. read more »

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