The panel, which represents both Caltrans and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, sought an "arm's length" review of the problems with high-strength, galvanized threaded rods installed on ...

OAKLAND — Caltrans has released 15 volumes and hundreds of pages of inspection and test data on thousands of high-strength steel fasteners installed on the eastern replacement span of the Bay ...

In addition, the steel threaded rod, bar, or studs subject to these investigations are non-headed and threaded along greater than 25 percent of their total actual length.