At 10:15 Monday night, the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic ... single-tower suspension span replaces the earthquake-vulnerable eastern span that ...
A series of small earthquakes shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.
At 88, the Bay Bridge’s western span is aging gracefully — though parts of it are starting to deteriorate. The paint on its towers is peeling. Its cables have to be turned inside out for inspections.