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Power Outage Knocks Out Bridge Lights A power outage affected residents in the South of Market as well as commuters on the Bay Bridge Wednesday morning
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Giant Cranes Squeeze Under Bridges Golden Gate Bridge: A ship carrying three new container cranes arrived at the Port of Oaklandafter passing under the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge
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| Mar. 11 |
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Bridge Project Delays Push Back Opening Construction of key elements for the eastern portion are 15 months behind schedule, and Caltrans is no longer confident it can make up the t...
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| Feb. 21 |
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Peninsula Power Outage Affects 11,000+. San Bruno
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| Feb.3 |
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1st Suspension Piece Lifted Into Place
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| Dec.22 |
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Caltrans Completes Bridge Repair
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| Dec.9 |
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$2 Increase Likely For Commute Hours Staff members of the agency that oversees the bridges recommended raising car tolls by at least a dollar on all seven bridges
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| Dec.7 |
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Bridge To Stay Open During Beam Repairs Transportation officials will not need to fully close the Bay Bridge as expected to complete repairs to a cracked beam
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| Nov.11 |
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Bridge May Close Again In New Year
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| Nov.9 |
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Trucker dies as big-rig plummets off bridge A big rig was traveling at high speeds when the driver lost control at the S curve. The truck dropped about 200 feet onto Yerba Buena Island
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| Nov.2 |
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Repairs Complete: Bay Bridge Reopens The first cars drove through the toll plaza Monday morning, nearly a week after a failed repair sent debris falling onto the upper deck
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| Nov.1 |
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Bridge Won't Be Open For Monday
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No Word Yet When Bay Bridge Will Open California Department of Transportation said that crews were still conducting stress tests and modification work
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| Oct.31 |
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BART To Run 24-hours For Bridge Closure |
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High-Speed Chase On Closed Bridge
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Bridge Fix To Continue Into Weekend Commuters confronted yet another day of heavy congestion as state transportation were unsure if it would open in time for Monday's commute
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| Oct.29 |
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Traffic Lighter As Closure Enters 2nd Day
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| Oct.28 |
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No Estimate When Bay Bridge Will Open
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Bridge closure forces Rockets to ferry |
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| Oct.27 |
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Bridge closes after rod snaps Authorities indefinitely closed the Bay Bridge after a rod and a metal brace erected during an emergency repair job fell onto the westbound lanes
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| Oct.14 |
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Big-Rig Blocks WB Bay Bridge For Hours All westbound lanes were closed for about five and a half hours a big-rig overturned mid-span and created a traffic nightmare
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| Sep.19 |
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Crews To Close Lanes, Inspect Repairs
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| Sep.10 |
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Bridge Closure Boosts BART Ridership |
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| Sep.8 |
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Bridge Reopens After Crack Fixed The Bridge reopened just in time for the start of the work week. Crews were able to make a crucial repair a day ahead of schedule
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| Sep.7 |
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Bridge Reopening Remains In Limbo |
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| Sep.5 |
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Crack Found May Delay Bridge Opening Crews working on a seismic retrofit found a 'significant crack' in the eastern span that could keep it closed beyond scheduled reopening
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| Sep.3 |
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Closed As planned, the bridge was shut down to traffic at 8 p.m. so crews can do seismic retrofit work on the span
| A 300-foot-long section of the east span will be cut out and moved out of the way. Then a new double-deck section will be moved into place to connect the bridge with a short detour
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| Jul.7 |
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Man Dies After Being Found Injured |
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| Mar.12 |
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Massive Crane Arrives For Construction |
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| Dec.29 |
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6-Car Crash Snarls Evening Traffic |
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| Aug.17 |
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Drunk Driver Blamed For Fatal Crash |
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| Jul.19 |
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Motorcyclist Dead, Arrest Made |
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| Apr.9 |
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Coast Guard couldn't have stopped crash |
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| Feb.28 |
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Good Samaritan Killed |
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| Dec.26 |
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Bay Bridge Debris Washes Ashore |
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| Nov.13 |
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Ship Pilot May Have Downplayed Collision |
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| Nov.7 |
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Fuel spilled into Bay after ship crash
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No damage to bridge after bump by ship
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| Nov.6 |
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New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect
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| Nov.3 |
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Faster FasTrak Lane Metering Lights |
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| Oct.16 |
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FasTrak Metering Lights To Speed Up |
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| Oct.2 |
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Truck Got Stuck Under Metal Overhang |
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| Sep.3 |
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Bridge Is Back In Business The bridge reopen at 6 p.m., far ahead of the originally scheduled reopening of 5 a.m. Tuesday
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| Sep.2 |
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Bridge Repairs Progressing Smoothly |
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| Aug.31 |
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Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work| Caltrans began closing all onramps at 8 p.m. The crews have started the seismic retrofit operation that prompted the closure. The bridge is closed through 5 a.m. Tuesday as crews replace a 350-f... | |
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| Aug.6 |
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SF High Speed Car Chase Ends In Oakland |
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| Jul.31 |
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Bridge To Close Over Labor Day |
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| Jul.26 |
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High speed chase over bridge, officer hurt |
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| Jun.18 |
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I-80 Tops List Of Most Congested |
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| Jun.9 |
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Accident shut down all westbound lanes |
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| Apr.10 |
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Bridge To Be Closed On Labor Day
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| Apr.2 |
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Fatal Hit & Run At Toll Plaza |
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| Mar.29 |
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Biologists To Rescue Falcon Eggs Biologists from Santa Cruz postponed the rescue a clutch of endangered peregrine falcon eggs from underneath the bridge
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| Feb.9 |
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BART Officers In Bridge Collision |
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| Jan.1 |
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Bay Area Bridge Tolls Increased |
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| Dec.16 |
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Lights Out Inside Bridge Tunnel |
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| Dec.12 |
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Wet weather creates havoc with commute |
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| Dec.11 |
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Accidents Cause Backups For Commuters |
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| Dec.7 |
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Final Skyway Segment Placed After 3 years of preparation, the final concrete deck segment will be lifted into place. It was shipped from Stockton
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| Sep.5 |
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Bridge Completely Reopens To Traffic
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| Sep.2 |
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Lower Deck Closed Through Sept. 5| The eastbound closed for demolition on the approach's upper deck from Beale Street west to the Clocktower Building | |
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| Jun.5 |
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Monday Morning Commute Confusion
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| Jun.4 |
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Eastban span had 10-hour closure
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| Apr.20 |
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Contractor Named For Suspension Project |
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| Apr.18 |
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$1.43 Billion Deal Should Complete Work |
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| Mar.22 |
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Two Bids For Suspension Span |
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| Mar.1 |
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FasTrak Lanes Slowing Down Motorists
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| Feb.3 |
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Motorcyclist Dies In Accident on Bridge |
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| Jan.25 |
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Car Fire Snarls Traffic |
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| Jan.22 |
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Caltrans Adds More FasTrak
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| Dec.4 |
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Anxious Moments During Bridge Closure |
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| Sep.15 |
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Entire eastbound section of bridge closed |
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| Sep.9 |
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Commuters stuck in heap of traffic |
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| Jun.27 |
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New FasTrak lanes open without incident
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| Jun.24 |
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Compromise Deal Reached on Bridge Bay Area tolls will increase $1 under to keep in place the designs for a soaring suspension Bay Bridge
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| May.4 |
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Feds: Bay Bridge Welds Not Faulty
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| Apr.6 |
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Welders: New Bridge Unsafe| The FBI is investigating disturbing claims that the new span being built is riddled with defective welds | |
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| Mar.5 |
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Cranes Clear Bay Spans |
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| Dec.10 |
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Simpler Plan Chosen for Span
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Heavy Fog Snarls Travelers |
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| Oct.17 |
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15th anniversary of Loma Prieta quake |
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| Sep.30 |
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Project Could Get Redesign |
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| Sep.19 |
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Carjacker Evades CHP During Chase |
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| Aug.22 |
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Battle Begins over Bridge Retrofit |
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| Aug.16 |
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Bay Area Might Be Stuck with Bridge Bill The state blames the upscale signature design for more than half of the cost overrun
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| Jul.26 |
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Driver in Toll Plaza crash had criminal past |
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| Jul.24 |
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Van crashes into toll plaza building, 2 killed The van ended up embedded in the back wall. The van's driver and his passenger died. 2 pedestrian injured
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| Jul.1 |
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Bridges Tolls Go Up a Buck. Bay Area Bridges
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| May.27 |
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Bridge bid comes in $1 billion over target
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| Apr.9 |
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Manmade spider web to stop jumpers |
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| Apr.6 |
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State demands investigation into backup |
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| Apr.3 |
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Police Arrest Man Who Tied Up Traffic |
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| Apr.2 |
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Traffic Nightmare Creeps on for Hours
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Traffic a mess after major accident |
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| Feb.2 |
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Flooding reported |
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| Nov.24 |
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Man alive after jumping off the Bridge |
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| Nov.13 |
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6-car crash has ground morning commute |
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| Aug.28 |
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Eastbound closed due to vehicle fire |
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| Mar.18 |
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Random searches of trucks |
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| Feb.14 |
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Security zones around bridges |
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| Feb.11 |
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Officials search for small boat near bridge |
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| Feb.7 |
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CHP set checkpoints on bridges |
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| Dec.12 |
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2 steel plates caused commuter backup |
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| Nov.8 |
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Lights Go Out on Bridge |
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| Jul.12 |
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Big rig overturns leaking diesel fuel
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| Jul.3 |
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Hostage situation leaves traffic mess
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| Jun.19 |
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Truck overturns, stops commute |
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| May.31 |
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Messy spill of fish parts |
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| May.1 |
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Big cranes slip under bridge |
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| Apr.29 |
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Worker hit by 1,500-pound panel |
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| Apr.6 |
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Road rage shooting |
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| Jan.23 |
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$1.04 billion contract |
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| Jan.4 |
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One killed, 2 injured in scaffold collapse |
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| Nov.6 |
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FBI Admits to Warning Mistake |
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| Nov.1 |
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Possible Attack Planned for Bridges. Golden Gate Bridge
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| Sep.25 |
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Wall falls onto vehicle, killing man |
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| Feb.27 |
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Bridge Worker Falls 60 Feet |
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| Sep.19 |
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Workers Fall off Bay Bridge |
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| Aug.15 |
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Boyfriend of missing woman jumps off bridge |
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| Apr.6 |
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Police killed bicyclist |
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