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SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - The Bay Bridge will re-open today at 6 p.m., 11 hours earlier than expected, after construction crews finished work faster than anticipated.
Crews finished demolishing the old 350-foot section of the bridge by 11:45 p.m. Sunday night, said Bay Bridge retrofit project spokesman Bart Ney.
They were able to install the new 6,500-ton viaduct Monday after just a little more than two hours. That part of the project was finished three hours faster than anticipated, Ney said.
Originally, the bridge was scheduled to reopen Tuesday at 5 a.m. after it closed Friday at 8 p.m.
The section of the bridge crews have been working on is the lower deck connecting the Yerba Buena Island Tunnel to the new East Span. The bridge project cost $40 million and the new span should last about 150 years.
The now seismically safe bridge will open to the 280,000 vehicles that drive across the bridge each day. The next Bay Bridge closure should be in about 18 months.
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Examiner Reader said:
We should keep on retainer CC Meyer and company. Why have we not heard about this on the national level? This is a marval to see that something can be completed ahead of schedule. Congrats CC Meyer and company. Other places across the country would want CC Meyer. First the Maze, now the partial section of the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge and what is next? California should try to keep them.
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Examiner Reader said:
Too bad the bridge is opening early. It's been nice and quiet in SF this weekend. Parking was plentiful, every place was less crowded, the natural SF wildlife came out of hiding, the sun shined down warmer than ever, dogs and cats got along, and the City was a better place for just one weekend. Too bad we can't shut down all the bridges leading into the City one weekend a month.
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sfgate.com Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi helped capture two suspects in a Western Addition drive-by shooting Friday that left one man hospitalized, authorities said. The unidentified victim was shot three times at 9:45 a.m. when two men drove up and started firing at two men at Fulton and Steiner streets, police Sgt. Neville Gittens said. The two victims ran but were followed by the gunmen, who fired more shots at Grove and Steiner streets. Mirkarimi, who was jogging in the area, heard gunfire, reported what he saw to police and got into a patrol car to help officers find the suspects, authorities said. Two men were arrested later Friday. Did you hear that Chrissy Daly , Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi is active and gets involved in his community while you yell and scream. I can imagine you yelling and screaming during this ordeal as will... oh my god stop my gut hurts..lol carl glovier
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