OAKLAND — At the same time Caltrans was receiving the hefty steel anchor rods that would later snap on the new Bay Bridge, the agency appeared to have growing concerns about the integrity of some high ...

OAKLAND — Caltrans officials say they don’t yet know how 32 high-strength threaded steel anchor rods in the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge weakened and snapped. State engineers suspect hydrogen ...

OAKLAND — More Bay Bridge anchor rods could snap in coming years unless Caltrans identifies and replaces the bolts with less vulnerable steel, a retired Bechtel materials engineer has concluded. In an ...

Metropolitan Transportation Commission chairman Steve Heminger said Tuesday that he is pleased that final tests confirm that most of the steel rods on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge are safe ...

OAKLAND -- Strategically positioned high above the water, in a narrow crawl space between the new Bay Bridge deck and the top of its big pier east of the tower, instruments are listening for the ...