San Francisco Celebrates Bridge Approach Milestone

At an April event celebrating the completion of a key segment of the new West Approach to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cut through the ceremonial chain with a torch. Opened to traffic seven months ahead of schedule, this element of the tricky retrofit-by-replacement of the mile-long elevated freeway through downtown San Francisco provides eastbound motorists with a straighter and safer pathway to the bridge.


Published: May, 2008