Under construction for more than a decade, the new Bay Bridge East Span is finally opening for business. Nearly 25 years after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the original 1936 span, the Bay Area public will be able to drive on a contemporary and seismically safe new bridge designed to ride out an earthquake of a magnitude predicted to strike only once every 1,500 years.
Published: September, 2013
Under construction for more than a decade, the new Bay Bridge East Span is finally opening for business. Nearly 25 years after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the original 1936 span, the Bay Area public will be able to drive on a contemporary and seismically safe new bridge designed to ride out an earthquake of a magnitude predicted to strike only once every 1,500 years. Photo by Noah Berger
