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| Jan.9 |
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Golden Gate Bridge closed for median barrier installation  The bridge shut down to private vehicles for 52 hours so workers can install a moveable median barrier designed to prevent head-on collisions | |
| Jan.10 |
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Final barrier piece was put in place by crews Now crews must begin testing out the zipper trucks which will move the barrier during commute hours
| Jan.11 |
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Bridge work on track for Monday reopening The longest closure in the history of the Golden Gate Bridge continues as workers install a new median barrier system
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Golden Gate Bridge work finished early as barrier installed Drivers no longer need to avoid 'suicide lane', thanks to a new $30 million steel-and-concrete movable barrier separating the north and south lanes. The Golden Gate Bridge re-opened Sunday evening more than 6 hours... | |
| Jan.16 |
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Winter Spare the Air Alert in effect for Bay Area
| Jan.19 |
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San Mateo Bridge reopens after protest closed lanes A group of people describing themselves as Stanford students blocked westbound traffic on the San Mateo Bridge minutes before 5 p
| Jan.20 |
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68 protesters arrested after blocking bridge At one point, protesters had blocked both sides of Highwy 92. The sudden blockade caused accidents and injuries
| Jan.22 |
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Bridge barrier leads to rampant speeding, new rules
| Jan.26 |
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CHP car catches fire on Bay Bridge ramp, snarling traffic Traffic on the eastbound bridge was snarled after a CHP vehicle caught fire on the eastbound off-ramp to Treasure Island, injuring the offic...
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| Feb.3 |
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38 Golden Gate Bridge suicides last year, down from 2013
| Feb.17 |
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Broken radar beacon on Bay Bridge now fixed
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| Mar.5 |
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Bay Lights taking year-long break.
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| Apr.6 |
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Fatal motorcycle crash closes 4 lanes on westbound Bridge
| Apr.10 |
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UPS big-rig fire shutting down bridge A big-rig crashed and caught fire, shutting down traffic in both directions on I-580 near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in the San Quentin area
| Apr.12 |
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Motorcyclist crashes, flips off Antioch Bridge A motorcyclist traveling at high speeds crashed on the bridge Sunday afternoon and likely flipped over the railing into the water far below
| Apr.14 |
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Six brutality protesters protesters arrested The protesters were reported by several callers to be blocking traffic on the eastbound lanes of the bridge at about 4 p.m.
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| May.8 |
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San Mateo Bridge closed for weekend All lanes of the San Mateo Bridge have closed for the weekend until Monday 5 a.m. for resurfacing and repair work | |
| May.10 |
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Bridge and BART closures added gridlock Bridge and BART closures added to a full schedule of events around the Bay Area that lead to lots of cars on the road and plenty of impatien...
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San Mateo Bridge on schedule for Monday reopening
| May.25 |
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San Mateo Bridge reopens after weekend closure All lanes are back open after the entire bridge was closed to allow Caltrans to resurface the roadway and install new expansion joints
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| Jun.4 |
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Steel rods that anchor span flooded with saltwater
| Jun.7 |
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Man killed in crash on Bay Bridge
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| Jul.14 |
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Bay Bridge fire sparked by maintenance crews flares A fire that broke out on the eastern span of Bay Bridge Monday night may have been sparked when debris caught fire from a cigarette
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| Aug.8 |
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Swimmer is First Woman To Swim From Farallones To SF Kim Chambers started swimming at 11:16 p.m. Friday and completed the 30-mile swim in a just over 17 hours
| Aug.12 |
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Stolen car suspect falls off Bay Bridge evading police
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| Sep.5 |
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Transbay travelers cope with BART tube closure The second of two BART shutdowns got under way when the last trains left their stations Friday night | |
| Sep.7 |
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Woman Who Jumped Bay Bridge to Avoid CHP Arrested
| Sep.24 |
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Bay Bridge panel penalizes main contractor for construction woes The panel voted Thursday to penalize American Bridge/Fluor $11 million for the failure of steel rods, as well as for shoddy work
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| Oct.9 |
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Bay Lights set to shine once again Construction workers have recently been scaling the bridge's 300 cables at night installing over 25,000 LED lights
| Oct.12 |
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Experts urge quick action to protect Bay Bridge cable International experts is urging the immediate retrofit of the $6.4 billion new span of the Bay Bridge to protect the main cable from corrosi...
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| Nov.3 |
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Bay Bridge pier implosion delayed until Nov. 14 Caltrans has moved the date of the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge implosion from this Saturday, November 7 to Saturday, November 14
| Nov.14 |
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Caltrans implodes old Bay Bridge pier  Caltrans has completed the implosion of a pier of the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge at 7 a.m. Saturday
The implosion was a highly-choreographed but short 6-second sequence
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| Nov.16 |
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Bay Area steps up security following attacks in Paris The United States Park Police have increased patrols around the nation's most iconic sites, as some wonder if an attack could it happen here
| Nov.18 |
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Partially-clothed woman walking on Bay Bridge slows traffic A partially clothed woman was reportedly seen walking eastbound in the center lane of the Bay Bridge Wednesday night around near Treasure Is...
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