Carquinez Bridge

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

After 72 years a new $200 million dollar twin-tower suspension bridge will replace the original Carquinez Bridge in the San Francisco Bay area. Construction on the new project is expected to be completed late 2003. The structure will be built on the west side of the existing bridge. While the west-bound existing bridge will be dismantled, the east-bound structure will receive a $70 million dollar renovation. "It should be interesting for commuters, they'll be able to watch the new bridge being built." said Caltrans spokesman Colin Jones. Check this page for more current news as the project progresses.

PROJECT UPDATES:

6-18-2002

The new Carquinez Bridge started looking like a suspension bridge Monday after workers shut down the strait and strung up the first of many temporary cables.

The 14 cables, which will follow the same geometry as the permanent main cables, will act as two foot bridges. Each foot bridge will consist of seven cables: four operating as the walkway, two as handrails and one as a wench line.

Click here for an article from By MATTHIAS GAFNI, Times-Herald staff writer.

12-24 2001

The project is currently ahead of schedule with a finish date expected to be late 2003.

03-21-2000
The contract, an A+B bid, was awarded to a joint venture of FCI Contractors Inc. and Cleveland Bridge California Inc. with a bid of $188 million and 1000 days. The next bid was $209 million and 920 days by a joint venture of American Bridge Co. and Kiewit Pacific Co.