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Work on a much-needed connection between the Antioch Bridge and Highway 4 began this morning with a brief groundbreaking ceremony. On hand were staff from the Contra Costa Transportation Authority...

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National researchers, Caltrans and regional authorities are sounding the alarm about California’s streets and roads. Decades of declining revenue, higher costs, and maintenance budget cuts are...

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Update: December 17, 2014 Illuminate the Arts announces the "best possible news": reaching the $4 million donation goal to make The Bay Lights permanent on the Bay Bridge. Plans call for removing the...

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The entire Dumbarton Bridge will be closed during Labor Day weekend in September 2012 to complete another major element of the seismic retrofit project on this span, which connects Menlo Park in San...

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Caltrans announced today that thanks to better than expected progress on deck repairs, the second weekend closure of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge — originally scheduled for October 26-29, 2012 — has...

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BART and Caltrans closed all lanes of northbound Interstate 880 (I-880) at Hegenberger Road in Oakland on Sunday, March 17 between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. to allow crews to construct the...

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Caltrans cut the ribbon today for the first new highway tunnels in California in nearly 50 years and the longest tunnels in the state — the new Devil’s Slide Tunnels on State Route 1 in San Mateo...

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UPDATE October 23, 2013 BART and its unions have reached a tentative agreement. BART train service has resumed normal operations. Plan your trip or get real-time departures at 511.org . MTC and its...

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New Interstate-80 eastbound truck scales at the Cordelia Junction in Solano County have made a dramatic difference for truckers and commuters in the three months since they opened, said transportation...

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Trolls are notorious shape-shifters, but the famous Bay Bridge troll chose to remain in his original form during his installation in the Oakland Museum of California on Tuesday. The steel troll stood...