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Friday, March 4, 2011, 2 p.m. The last leg of the last tier of Bay Bridge East Span tower legs touched down at 1:25 a.m. this morning, without a hitch and several hours ahead of schedule. The...

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OAKLAND, CA — A public scoping meeting will be held Thursday, Nov. 14, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the West Oakland Senior Center, 1724 Adeline St., Oakland, to begin the environmental review process...

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OAKLAND, CA — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today released its first comprehensive report on Bay Area freeway congestion since 2009, providing another concrete measure of the region...

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OAKLAND, CA — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today unveiled its innovative Vital Signs website ( vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov), an interactive tool that Bay Area residents can use to track...

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Fans and supporters of the Bay Lights gathered at San Francisco’s waterfront in early March to bid farewell to the art installation that turned the north face of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge...

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Minor follow-up work continues on the new Bay Bridge East Span, but the biggest tool that was used on the project is on the move. This mammoth tool, the Left Coast Lifter, was built just for the Bay...

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The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) announced today a plan to simultaneously remove the east and west halves of the original Bay Bridge’s cantilever, which will put the removal of the...

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They aren’t old enough to drive across a bridge, but that didn’t deter Lafayette Elementary School fourth and fifth-graders from donning hard hats and safety vests and learning how to build one...

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Five MTC-sponsored programs and projects scooped up awards at the silver anniversary of the 2014 California Transportation Foundation ceremony. The 20 awards distributed in Sacramento on May 22 honor...

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The state Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program (TBSRP) reached another milestone this week as construction crews completed a 21-month, $47 million project to bring the 1.8-mile Antioch Bridge up to...