The fourth segment of the self-anchored suspension tower was added to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday.
Click on the photo to the right to see a slideshow of the tower addition.
Crews lifted the newest section onto the bridge in an around-the-clock operation, according to the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee.
The segment boosts the tower up to 480 feet, leaving the structure just 45 feet under its final 525-foot height, the committee said.
For more information about the self-anchored suspension tower, please visit www.baybridgeinfo.org/projects/sas-tower.
Crews install newest tower segment on Bay Bridge
The fourth segment of the self-anchored suspension tower was added to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday. (All: Mike Koozmin/The Examiner)
The fourth segment of the self-anchored suspension tower was added to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday. (All: Mike Koozmin/The Examiner)
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