San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge Construction | California, US The concept of constructing a bridge linking San Francisco with Oakland has existed since the early 1870s. In 1936, the longtime dream of linking the two locations was ?nally realized, and the nearly 5-mile-long San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was o?cially opened to tra?c. Challenge On October 17, 1989, a section of the eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge between Yerba Buena Island and Oakland collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake. American Bridge-Fluor, a joint venture between American Bridge Company and Fluor Corporation, was selected to construct the replacement of the eastern span of the bridge. Solution Klohn Crippen Berger, a Louis Berger a?liate, was retained by Ame

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