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A Secret Peek Inside the New Bay Bridge

Posted June 16, 2007 2:44 PM

From Telstar Logistics:

We live in a time of wonders and miracles, and one of them is taking shape in San Francisco Bay. The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will replace the cantilevered span built in 1936. The old span was vulnerable to earthquakes -- as the Bay Area discovered in 1989 -- so the new structure is designed to be a bit less fragile. Happily, we also live in an age when the tools of digital photography are more accessible than ever before, which means we're no longer dependent upon "official" photographers to deliver images of our modern wonders as they take shape.

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Re: A Secret Peek Inside the New Bay Bridge

06/19/2007 1:00 AM

Questions---Questions:

Who built the "General" some numbers please and who built the generals hook??

Im retired 586/494 member and also got the high jobs, tower cranes, tv towers, all the fun ones.

And the money was better too!!

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