ALBANY A high-strength bolt snapped at the threads as an ironworker, Jimmy Jordan, used a torque wrench to tighten it into a steel plate connecting two massive girders. A piece of the broken bolt bounced off an overhang and split his lip open as he looked up.
It was January 2016, and Jordan was part of the team constructing the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement at the project’s main assembly site along the Hudson River in the Port of Coeymans, about 100 miles north of the bridge. Construction of the $3.9 billion twin span, which would ultimately be named after Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, had been under way for a little more than two years when Jordan’s injury led to a series of revelations that would call into question the new bridge s structural safety.
FAIRFIELD Overnight highway closures are planned Wednesday and Thursday as Caltrans crews resume the Springs Road Overcrossing work as part of the Interstate-80 Six Bridges Project.
All westbound I-80 lanes – between Interstate 780 and Highway 37 – will be closed from 11 p.m. Wednesday to 4 a.m. T
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A group of regular demonstrators hangs signs and flags off of the El Curtola Boulevard overpass on Highway 24 in violation of California s Streets Highways Code 720-734. (Photo courtesy of Google Earth)
LAMORINDA, CA The city of Lafayette will likely officially ask the state for help in getting supporters of former President Donald Trump off the El Curtola Boulevard overpass. On the council s agenda for its meeting Monday is a resolution asking Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol to enforce its own law when it comes to a group of regular demonstrators hanging signs and flags and waving at vehicles below on state Highway 24.
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On the council's agenda for its meeting Monday is a resolution asking Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol to enforce its own law when it comes to a group of regular demonstrators hanging signs and flags and waving at vehicles below on state Highway 24.