Addition of the bridge in action. Clipper trucks practiced moving the barrier. The bridge reopened to traffic, ktvus katie utehs joins us this afternoon. Reporter the bridge will be ready for the morning commute. The only work remaining is removing the rest of the sleeves from the old pylons. But im told that work can happen in the coming days and does not stop the opening. And what the closure did do is providen a unique experience for people many of us have walked across the Golden Gate Bridge bringing family and friends. I tell you tonights trip across the bridge was unlike any other i had experienced. The chatter of people easily heard on an evening absent of the elements often associated with a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, or whipping wind or traffic. It looked a little eerie but its cool. Reporter the closure brought people out who never bothered before. Were both natives and we never actually walked across. 7av gpzoeyr v d9b hiqkof iok omething weve been wanting to do and
Interstate 880 in both directions it is a very nice drive. You can see for yourself here right in front of the open coliseum. And even 580 is off to a good start. Even though we have heavy truck traffic on westbound 580. The commute continues to look very good. But the big story of the morning right now is that the Golden Gate Bridge has reopened on time. It opened a little bit early. Lets go to testimony p. M. Who is live at the Golden Gate Bridge with what happened over the weekend. Tara. Reporter good morning. This bridge ended up it was supposed to open a half an hour ago but it opened up more than six hours earlierly. And what happened over the weekend was that crews, construction crews installed a movable barrier. This is a look at it right now. 30million barrier. More than 11,000 feet long designed to prevent head on collisions. Zipper trucks will be shifting the bay area in order to manage traffic control. One of the workers said were getting close to opening it. So i waited an
Extended winter break but that has to come to an end. Already some stop and go truck traffic on 205 and 580 westbound head into the Livermore Valley. 580 still looks good through dublin and pleasanton. In case you havent heard, the Golden Gate Bridge has reopened and now the bridge has a new safety feature. Tara moriarty is live at the bridge with details on this weekends closure. Good morning, tara. Reporter good morning. This bridge opened up a little earlier. A lot earlier than we expected. It opened up at 9 30 last night. We got a chance to look at the new barriers. Pretty sleek and a lot more space. We do want to say its a lot more sturdy then those flimsy yellow things we used to see over the years. Construction crews put in a 30 million barrier more than 11,000 feet long designed to prevent head on collisions. Zipper trucks will be shifting the barrier in order to manage traffic control. It was kind of eerie to go across. It was like where is all the people . Are weather are the
Rain. Snow in the sierra. This is a picture of some of the hail that came to the south and north bay some spots it did look like a layer lots of happy people. Mini snowman. They sent pictures in, viewers from across the bay area. If you wanted to build a snowman you got your wish. A cute little snowman. You do what you can with whatever Mother Nature gives you. I didnt see hail. I didnt either. A lot of dark clouds, cool looking clouds. I got the rain though that rosemary talked about. You did . I did. Welcome to mornings on 2, sunday, march 1st, im claudine wong. Im mike mibach. Probably different than yesterday, the last day of february . Yes. Waking up dry for starters but same thing. I felt like every time i left the house yesterday it started to rain. Shy have been out all day, it may have rained all day. Heard some thunder and as we saw Copious Amounts of small hail over san jose. Enough to make little snowmen. Very cute. Lets see what is happening outside the door this morning.
But for us it will give us a lot of cloud cover here. Mostly cloudy. Maybe some rain but not much has popped up yet. Its getting close. It looks like the problem is a lot of this will stay off the coast. You can see right there. Some of this may swing in. Well have a cloudy to mostly cloudy. 30s and 40s and 50s. No reports yet of anything measurable. Doesnt mean it couldnt pop up in any minute. The low will track along the coast and head toward central and Southern California and give them more precipitation as well. Mostly cloudy and cooler with showers today. Breezy at times. Not too bad. Upper 50s and low to mid 60s. A lot of cloud cover. It looks warmer by the end of the week. Here is brian. We are off to a decent start on this monday morning. Good morning, by the way. Glad you could join us here. Live pictures coming out of San Francisco. This is northbound 101 near the 280 connector. Our photographer is out there. This was backed up because of a tractor trailer accident. It was s