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 ...

Long-standing doubts about more than 2,000 anchor rods and bolts on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were dismissed as unfounded in a technical report approved Friday.

But side-by-side images of the anchor rods from both inspections have left some skeptical. (Courtesy: RIDOT) An image from the emergency inspection report shows the anchor rod severed at the base.