One of two wing-shaped concrete chunks that will make up the deck of the
concrete viaduct portion of the new Bay Bridge's eastern span sits on a
barge in Oakland waiting for the monster crane hovering above to lift it
into place. The segments, weighing as much as 780 tons each and standing 4
to 5 stories tall, were cast in a 45-acre yard at the Port of Stockton, and
barged to Oakland on Friday. The new bridge will consist of two parts: 1.4
miles of side-by-side concrete viaducts and a 1,860-foot single-tower
suspension span.
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