New SF Oakland Bay Bridge Fly Over
April 25th, 2010
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The new San Francisco / Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the world’s most ambitious, expensive, and technologically sophisticated projects. Check out this flyover of the massive self-supporting span tower which will be the bridge’s key architectural feature in terms of style, as well as become a new Bay Area icon to rival the Golden Gate bridge.
Unlike its predecessor, the new Bay Bridge can sustain substantial earth movement from a large earthquake without major damage. The design allows the bridge to move with the earth rather than stay rigid which would lead to potential collapse.
