All that's left is a final pour. The gap between Piers 15 and 16 (the two support columns closest to Oakland) is down to six and a half feet as a major milestone draws near - joining the first two piers. Using SLEDs and brute strength, trades workers and operators lift a roadway section weighing hundreds of tons off of a barge and into position in this sequence of photos. All that is left to connect the first two piers of the new bridge is a relatively small concrete "closure pour." The final gap will be filled in with concrete within the next few weeks.
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| Going up! Two roadway sections, one in the foreground another in the rear,
rise simultaneously near Oakland as work continued October 4, 2004. |
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