The Bay Bridge Will Be Closed
Labor Day Weekend 2007
From 8: 00 pm Friday Evening, August 31 until 5: 00 am Tuesday Morning, September 4
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Dumbarton
Bridge Detour
San Mateo
Bridge Detour
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San Mateo Bridge
Dumbarton Bridge
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Gate Bridge
Bay
Bridge
( CLOSED
LABOR DAY
WEEKEND)
Expect
regional
tra  c
delays
Richmond/ San Rafael Bridge
CLOSURES WILL AFFECT
TRAVEL BETWEEN SAN
FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND
The entire Bay Bridge will be closed over
Labor Day weekend 2007 in order to perform
important seismic safety work on a section
of the bridge east of the Yerba Buena Island
Tunnel ( see reverse for details).
HOW TO GET AROUND
OVER LABOR DAY
Allow extra time for travel and use
alternate bridges:
Golden Gate Bridge
Richmond- San Rafael Bridge
San Mateo- Hayward Bridge
Dumbarton Bridge
Transbay bus service
will not be available
Visit 511. org for transit alternatives.
LEAVE YOUR CAR AT HOME…
Take BART!
BART will be running overnight service to
the following stations through 1: 00 am on
Tuesday, September 4. Regular BART service
will resume at 4: 00 am that morning:
Bay Fair, Berkeley, Coliseum/ Oakland
Airport, Concord, Daly City, Dublin/ Pleas-anton,
El Cerrito del Norte, Embarcadero,
MacArthur, Powell, SFO, Walnut Creek,
12th Street, 24th Street
Go to BART. gov for schedule information.
West Approach West Span Yerba Buena Island
Transition
SAS Skyway Oakland
Touchdown
Stay informed!
For more information, visit:
Para esta información en
español, por favor visite:
BayBridgeInfo. org
For trip
planning, visit
Take the Ferry !
Alameda- Oakland, Vallejo Baylink, and
Golden Gate ferries will be running expand-ed
service.
Visit eastbayferry. com, baylinkferry. com
and goldengateferry. org for details.
Access to YBI/ Treasure Island
YBI/ Treasure Island residents, employees, and
visitors will be granted access to and from
San Francisco by special permit.
Visit BayBridgeInfo. org for details.
MUNI Line 108 service to and from Treasure
Island will not be affected and will run as
regularly scheduled. Go to www. sfmuni. com
for schedule information.
We’re Taking advantage
of the Closure
The closure also provides the opportunity
to place new FasTrak- only lanes at the Bay
Bridge Toll Plaza and to perform other main-tenance
and construction work without risk
to the public.
A section of roadway— approximately the length of a
football field— has been constructed on a moveable sup-port
system south of the bridge. After the bridge has been
closed to traffic, the original section of roadway will be
demolished and the debris removed. Tracks will then be
laid across the lower deck and the new structure will be
rolled into position.
When the bridge reopens to traffic, motorists will prob-ably
not notice any visible difference. However, they will
be driving on a seismically upgraded roadway that will
eventually connect to the bridge’s new East Span, cur-rently
under construction.
This work is part of the Bay Bridge Seismic Safety Projects
to strengthen the bridge.
BayBridgeInfo. org features information, traffic updates,
photos and videos of the Bay Bridge Seismic Safety Projects.
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Why Labor Day Weekend ?
Last year, by taking advantage of historically light holiday
bridge traffic, we completed a complex phase of work,
while minimizing disruptions to motorists, residents and
businesses over Labor Day weekend.
This year, we will be demolishing and replacing a section
of the bridge east of the Yerba Buena Island Tunnel. Expe-rience
gained from last year’s closure will help us perform
this complicated engineering and construction feat safely,
efficiently, and with minimal inconvenience to the public.
How will we entirely replace 350 feet
of road in less than 4 days?
The Bay Bridge has served commuters
for 70 years. A series of massive retrofit
projects is now bringing it up to current
earthquake standards.
Existing Roadway
De molition
Demolition is completed on a 350- foot
section of the bridge’s upper deck.
2
Special Tr acks Are
Installed
Tracks are laid horizontally across the
bridge’s lower deck.
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Bridge re opens
The bridge will reopen to traffic after all
of the work has been completed.
For more information and to receive
updates, visit BayBridgeInfo. org.
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FULL BRIDG E CLOS URE
The bridge will be closed to traffic
in both directions. The new section
of roadway to be installed has been
constructed south of the existing bridge.
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Se ction to be demolished and re placed
Ne w Roadway
Installation
The new roadway will be rolled into
place along the tracks using a computer-controlled
hydraulic system.
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BayBridgeInfo. org
YBI/ TI Bay Bridge Public Information Office
410 Avenue of the Palms, Building 1
San Francisco, CA 94130
415.597.5895 Info@ BayBridgeInfo. org
The Yerba Buena Island viaduct Replacement