San Francisco/
Oakland Bay Bridge-Skyway
Seismic Safety Project
On January 29, 2002 Governor Gray Davis of the State of California launched the construction of the new 1.2-mile deck replacement of the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
This $1.04 billion project is a joint venture led by Kiewit Construction Company of Omaha, Nebraska. Two of HBG Constructors' entities, FCI Constructors, Inc. and HBG Flatiron, Inc., are joint venturing with Kiewit. Manson Construction is also a joint venture partner in this project.
The combination skyway/single tower suspension bridge will carry 10 lanes of traffic between Oakland shore and Yerba Buena Island. A 15½-foot-wide bicycle/pedestrian path will be constructed on the south side of the bridge. The design of this project will create the safest bridge in the world and upon completion will be able to withstand major earthquakes on either the Hayward or San Andreas Faults. The construction design has been in the works since the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989.
This project is the largest single contract in the history of Caltrans. The bridge span, composed of 226 pre-cast sections, will rest atop 28 piers founded on 160 steel-shell concrete piles, 8 feet in diameter and 300 feet long.
This construction is part of a seismic retrofit and will take about 4 years to complete.
To see photos of the current structure and artists renderings of the "future" bridge, click here.
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