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SPUR Forum: The Bay Bridge Renewed

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Opening soon, the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will make the bridge resilient and usable far into the future. The project, however, has journeyed from a $250 million retrofit to a $6.5 billion colossal icon. How did this happen — and how does it compare with the history of building the original bridge?

+ Steve Mikesell, ICF International Corporation
+ Karen Frick, University of California Berkeley
+ Anthony Bruzzone, Arup
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Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.

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