Engineer Bob Brignano examines the exposed end of on anchor rod cast in 2010 undergoing a corrosion stress test for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge in Oakland, Calif. on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013.

A broken anchor rod rises up next to still-tensioned rods on a shear key on the new Bay Bridge Friday afternoon May 3, 2013. Caltrans showed off the rods and some of the techniques they are using ...

The anchor rods that hold in place strands of the main cable of the $6.5 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge have a new problem: They are skewed off-center inside holes of the steel plate to ...

Pier E-2 of the eastern section of the new bay Bridge which contains the fractured anchor rods, as CalTrans conducts a boat tour of the impacted areas of the bridge on Wednesday Mar. 27, 2013, in ...

The bridge tower is secured by 424 massive anchor rods, each 25 feet long. Bridge officials reported last fall that about 95 percent of the rods had not been surrounded by grout, a cementlike ...

TREASURE ISLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- There are flaws in most of the rods that hold the main cable in place on the eastern span of the Bay Bridge and some worry this could cause a major problem during ...

Another $3 million was withheld from American Bridge and Flour for ongoing issues with anchor rods at the bottom of the bridge's tower that were improperly grouted, allowing water to seep in.

OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Anchor rods in the tower of the Bay Bridge's new eastern span are not broken and 99 percent can withstand a major earthquake, Caltrans officials announced Wednesday.

The anchor rods that hold in place strands of the main cable of the $6.5 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge have a new problem: They are skewed off-center inside holes of the steel plate to ...

RIDOT said the anchor rods date back to 1968, when the bridge first opened. An emergency inspection report from over the weekend included images of the damaged anchor rods, which hold the bridge ...

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