Using AISC’s recommended oversize base plate holes and ACI’s anchor bolt tolerances should allow for easy erection of the steel structure without modifying the structure for 1, 1-1/4, 1-1/2, 1 ...

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.

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.

A Bay Bridge oversight committee approved funding Thursday to begin designing methods of drying and sealing anchor rods in the base of the new eastern tower that have been steeping in bay water bec… ...