Frequent Bay Crossings contributor Barrie Rokeach took this stunning early-morning photograph of the Left Coast Lifter—a huge crane specially fabricated for this job—lifting a deck section of the new East Span of the Bay Bridge. The Lifter has been delicately placing the ultra-heavy deck sections on temporary trestles supporting the self-anchored suspension span. The first eight of 28 steel deck sections arrived in Oakland by ship in January, and were then transported by barge to the construction site. The iconic new span will open to traffic in 2013. Read and see more inside, page 10. Cover photo © 2010 Barrie Rokeach www.rokeachphoto.com.
Published: March, 2010
