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Time-lapse video of Bay Bridge deck replacement

David Pescovitz at 3:15 pm Mon, Sep 17, 2007

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Baybridgetimelapse-1 As work continues on a new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the bridge was closed over Labor Day weekend to replace a football field-sized section of the bridge's upper deck. The new 6,500 ton, rebar-and-concrete section, built over several months, was literally rolled into place with just a three inch gap on either side. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission created an amazing time-lapse video of the operation.
Link to video, Link to MTC's San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Update page (Thanks, Jess Hemerly!)

Previously on BB:
• Inside the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Link
• Photos from the top of Bay Bridge Link

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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  • Anonymous

    Here is a 4-day timelapse movie showing the whole labor-day weekend closure..Pictures are taken every 5 minutes from atop the tunnel.

    http://www.nuspectra.com/SiteProxy/laborday07bay-bridge.mov

    from News section of the webcam suppliers: http://www.nuspectra.com/

  • Anonymous

    When I first read the headline, I thought it said “duck replacement.”

    Damn.

  • Anonymous

    love it. Like ants at a cartoon picnic.