Plan B Forum

Posted: **Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:31 pm**

New east span of Bay Bridge set to open Sept. 3

John Wildermuth

Updated 12:04 pm, Thursday, August 15, 2013

(08-15) 12:01 PDT Oakland -- The new east span of the Bay Bridge will open Sept. 3 an oversight committee decided Thursday morning, a decision that will require the bridge to close the evening of Aug. 28 so crews can make last-minute changes in time for the Tuesday morning commute.

The move came after federal officials gave their approval for a temporary plan to fix snapped high-strength steel rods that hold seismic stability structures together.

Thursday's decision came after an oversight panel made up of the top executives of the Bay Area Toll Authority, Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission spent the past few months flip flopping on a fix and an opening date for the $6.4 billion span - first saying a fix would push the opening until December and then another panel coming up with a quick solution now endorsed by federal officials.

source

Posted: **Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:07 pm**

then another panel coming up with a quick solution

Duct tape and crazy glue?

Posted: **Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:19 am**

Oh, Jim .....!?

Are you ready for the grand opening?

Posted: **Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:30 am**

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched, Joe...

Posted: **Fri Aug 16, 2013 5:24 pm**

Just helping you get ready for the big weekend Jim.....

Posted: **Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:33 pm**

Lord Jim wrote:Don't count your chickens before they're hatched, Joe...

Will you be motoring east towards Oakland on the new span, Jim?

Or will you stubbornly hold tradition and continue to use the canteliver section?

Posted: **Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:33 am**

Just checking in, Jim.

Please post pictures of your new political promotions when the bridge opens.

Posted: **Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:03 am**

Yeah, well, about that...

Posted: **Sun Sep 01, 2013 3:35 pm**

Lord Jim wrote:If this thing actually opens as scheduled Labor Day weekend, I will put one of these:

On my car for a week....

Lord Jim wrote:Fine CP, I'll make it a month....

ETA:

And I'll throw in wearing a Dallas Cowboys wind breaker for a week...

Posted: **Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:58 pm**

http://baybridgeinfo.org

This Labor Day weekend, the Bay Bridge will be closed to take the original East Span out of service and to open the new East Span to traffic. Work will be done at the east (Oakland Touchdown) and west (Yerba Buena Island Transition Structure) ends of the new bridge to connect it to the existing Toll Plaza and Yerba Buena Island, respectively. Crews will also perform essential construction activities, including paving, striping and erecting barrier rail. Throughout the closure, maintenance will work on the West Span, replacing lighting fixtures, cleaning and painting the cable, and repairing finger joints.
While the Bay Bridge was closed during Labor Day weekends in 2006, 2007 and 2009, essential construction work was successfully completed on schedule. Taking advantage of historically light traffic on the bridge during the holiday weekend helps minimize disruptions to motorists, residents and businesses. Experience gained from previous closures will help us perform this construction safely again this year.

We will be expecting you to post photos of the Liz Warren bumper sticker on your car, and you standing next to it in the Cowboys gear.

Posted: **Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:59 pm**

http://baybridgeinfo.org

This Labor Day weekend, the Bay Bridge will be closed to take the original East Span out of service and to open the new East Span to traffic. Work will be done at the east (Oakland Touchdown) and west (Yerba Buena Island Transition Structure) ends of the new bridge to connect it to the existing Toll Plaza and Yerba Buena Island, respectively. Crews will also perform essential construction activities, including paving, striping and erecting barrier rail. Throughout the closure, maintenance will work on the West Span, replacing lighting fixtures, cleaning and painting the cable, and repairing finger joints.
While the Bay Bridge was closed during Labor Day weekends in 2006, 2007 and 2009, essential construction work was successfully completed on schedule. Taking advantage of historically light traffic on the bridge during the holiday weekend helps minimize disruptions to motorists, residents and businesses. Experience gained from previous closures will help us perform this construction safely again this year.

We will be expecting you to post photos of the Liz Warren bumper sticker on your car, and you standing next to it in the Cowboys gear.

Posted: **Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:31 pm**

Rubbing it in a bit there Guin!!

Posted: **Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:48 pm**

"When I returned, Mary Jo and the car were gone"...

-The Honorable Edward M Kennedy

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:15 am**

Okay, let me make my position very clear here...

I am reneging on my promise...and I'm good with that...

I will not put a (lord give me strength) Elizabeth Warren bumper stripper on my car, or wear a Dallas Cowboy sweat shirt.....

I should rather die...

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:21 am**

That can be arranged too.....

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:40 am**

Lord Jim wrote:Okay, let me make my position very clear here...

I am reneging on my promise...and I'm good with that...

I'm shocked!

I never would have pegged you as a renegger.

But then again that bumper sticker and windbreaker may have caused some serious damage to your fragile ego....

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:52 am**

Hey, at least I'm openly admitting that I'm going to man up and do what I said I would...

(Unlike one fellow I know who just slithers away, whenever similarly challenged...

)

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:35 pm**

Gob wrote:Rubbing it in a bit there Guin!!

Stuttering fingers.....

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:36 pm**

Lord Jim wrote:Hey, at least I'm openly admitting that I'm going to man up and do what I said I would...

Isn't that man up and *not* do what you said you would?

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:29 pm**

Yes...typo....

Plan B Forum

Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?

Re: Whatcha Doin' this Labor Day Lord Jim?