By Patrick May | [email protected] | Bay Area News GroupApril 4, 2019 at 9:29 am 5: number of years, starting this summer, when the toll will rise 35: number of cents of each increase for FasTrak users 20: number of cents of each increase for Pay-As-You-Go users 9: number of dollars a crossing will cost FasTrak users when the five years are up 8.75: number of dollars it will cost most other drivers in five years 100,000,000: number of dollars that bridge officials say the toll hikes will raise over five years 75,000,000: number of dollars they say are needed over that period for bridge operations and maintenance, supplies, and cash in the bank for future capital projects to keep the iconic structure up to snuff 5: number of possible toll options the board had to choose from (they chose the most expensive)7: the toll, in dollars, that most FasTrak users now pay to cross the bridge from Marin into San Francisco 37: number of public comments at the board’s March 5 meeting … [Read more...] about A by-the-numbers look at the new Golden Gate Bridge toll
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You won’t believe that this incredible photo of the Golden Gate Bridge is real
By Michelle Robertson, SFGATE Updated 12:56 pm PDT, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Torsten Funke captured this photo of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Sunday, Oct. 7. Torsten Funke captured this photo of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Sunday, Oct. 7. Photo: Courtesy Torsten Funke This screen grab made from handout video released by SpaceX shows the launch of the SAOCOM 1A satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on October 7, 2018. This screen grab made from handout video released by SpaceX shows the launch of the SAOCOM 1A satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on October 7, 2018. Photo: SpaceX / AFP / Getty Images @insta.scapes photographed the SpaceX launch from … [Read more...] about You won’t believe that this incredible photo of the Golden Gate Bridge is real
Thursday night’s epic traffic jam on Golden Gate Bridge was due to lane closures that will run through 2021
By Lauren Hernandez Published 10:42 pm PDT, Friday, September 21, 2018 This undated artist rendering provided by the Golden Gate Bridge authorities shows the proposed netting suicide barrier that is to be installed under the iconic bridge in San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge is a big step closer to getting a suicide barrier after bridge officials approved a $76 million funding package for a net system that would prevent people from jumping to their deaths. The bridge district's board of directors voted unanimously on Friday, June 27, 2014, in favor of the funding package, which includes $20 million in bridge toll revenue. (AP Photo/Golden Gate Bridge handout) less This undated artist rendering provided by the Golden Gate Bridge authorities shows the proposed netting suicide barrier that is to be installed under the iconic bridge in San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge ... more Photo: Associated Press … [Read more...] about Thursday night’s epic traffic jam on Golden Gate Bridge was due to lane closures that will run through 2021
New stretch of I-11 can’t bypass occasional crises at Hoover Dam bridge
The 1,900-foot-long Hoover Dam bypass bridge, which opened in October 2010, crosses Black Canyon 900 feet above the Colorado River about a quarter of a mile downstream from Hoover Dam, which separates Lake Mead and Lake Mohave. (Las Vegas Review-Journal file photo)Traffic is stopped on the Hoover Dam bypass bridge on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. (screengrab from @FalynneDawson20 on Twitter)Interstate 11 near the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto The newly opened stretch of Interstate 11 near Boulder City is designed to cut as much as 30 minutes off the trip between Las Vegas and Kingman, Arizona. But the route is subject to occasional delays beyond the control of traffic engineers. For public safety reasons, authorities say they will continue to shut down the Hoover Dam bypass bridge — I-11’s only path across the Colorado River — anytime someone threatens to jump from the structure. It’s already … [Read more...] about New stretch of I-11 can’t bypass occasional crises at Hoover Dam bridge
Golden Gate Bridge inspection report: good structural shape, needs cosmetic touch-ups
By Lauren Hernandez Updated 6:30 pm PDT, Thursday, July 26, 2018 Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Buy photo Golden Gate Bridge from Sutro Tower in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, July 9, 2018. Golden Gate Bridge from Sutro Tower in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, July 9, 2018. Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Buy this photo Golden Gate Bridge inspection report: good structural shape, needs cosmetic touch-ups 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Three months after engineers descended on rope from tower to tower on the Golden Gate Bridge as part of a federal regulated bridge biannual inspection, the inspection results are in: the bridge is structurally sound, but needs a paint job and cosmetic work. Licensed engineers and inspectors scaled the length of the 81-year-old … [Read more...] about Golden Gate Bridge inspection report: good structural shape, needs cosmetic touch-ups