Have any gasoline. In daly city, southbound side there is a crash involving a vehicle not blocking any lanes and traffic is moving smoothly. Bay bridge commuters have new worries over the structural integrity. The fix could be expensive. Matt has details on Treasure Island. The eastern span looks beautiful from this point on Treasure Island but the cables could homed an ugly reality that could cost millions to repair. 274 anchor rods holding the main cable in place are threaded through a support wall but 205 are misaligned. An earthquake could cause friction and damage to the rods. The problem can be fixed. But 85 percent of the rods are off center. A structural professor says caltran is down playing the seriousness. It poses no risk to Driver Safety or present risk to the seismic performance or does it interfere with the 150 year life span. Usually in construction if you are off 5 percent of the operation you can prove that is okay the but it is unheard of that out of 270 rods, 75 per
Are misaligned. Some of the rods are off centered and touching the edges of the hole that is going through. Reporter bay bridge spokesperson victor says earthquake could cause friction and damage the rods but the problem can be fixed. It doesnt present any risk to the seismic performance of the bridge nor interfere with the 150 year life span of the bridge. Reporter but 85 percent of the rods are off center and professor says caltrans is down playing the seriousness of the problem. 5 percent of the operation in construction, you can be its okay. But unheard of out of 2 70 rod, 2 05 are off. Which means they are creating. Reporter caltrans will take months and millions of dollars to fix it. But theres no date when that work will begin. On treasure island, abc 7 news. Is. In the east bay police say gun waving woman is dead after being shot by a cop. It happened in concord and amma is therlive tonight. Take it through it. Reporter there was a woman who was killed this evening in officer i
News more problems on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. The flaw that could damage the main cable. And some believe that could cause major problems during an earthquake. Good evening. We begin with abc 7 News Reporter live on Treasure Island with new details for us. Allen . Reporter carolyn and dan the main cable coming off the tower goes off into smaller bundle of cable that are anchored under the platform but the smaller bundle of cable are attached to rod that are threaded through a support wall and that is where the problem is. 2 74 anchor rod that is hold the bay bridge main cable in place are threaded through a support wall. But 205 of them are misaligned. Some of the rods are off centered and touching the edges of the hole that is going through. Reporter bay bridge spokesperson victor says earthquake could cause friction and damage the rods but the problem can be fixed. It doesnt present any risk to the seismic performance of the bridge nor interfere with the 150 year life
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More problems on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. The flaw that could damage the main cable. And some believe that could cause major problems during an earthquake. Good evening. We begin with abc 7 News Reporter live on Treasure Island with new details for us. Allen . Reporter carolyn and dan the main cable coming off the tower goes off into smaller bundle of cable that are anchored under the platform but the smaller bundle of cable are attached to rod that are threaded through a support wall and that is where the problem is 2 74 2 74 anchor rod that is hold the bay bridge main cable in place are threaded through a support wall. But 205 of them are misaligned. Some of the rods are off centered and touching the edges of the hole that is going through. Reporter bay bridge spokesperson victor says earthquake could cause friction and damage the rods but the problem can be fixed. It doesnt present any risk to the seismic performance of the bridge nor interfere with the 150 year life