Link to Build it bigger: Overhauling the bay bridge documentary
Documentary Description
The overhaul of the Bay Bridge is one of the biggest construction
projects in
the country right now. After almost a decade, California is nearing the
crucial end of what has become its most expensive public works project
ever, the $6 billion dollar rebuilding and earthquake-proofing of the
Bay
Bridge. This massive overhaul involves building an entirely new approach
into San Francisco, retrofitting the 4.5-mile double suspension bridge
with
more than 17 million pounds of structural steel and completely replacing
the 2.2-mile cantilever bridge with a self-anchored suspension bridge, a
skyway, and new touchdown into Oakland.