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 ...

Caltrans will spend $170,000 more to investigate the extent of tiny cracks in metal rods connecting the suspension span tower to its foundation on the new east span of the Bay Bridge. The latest ...

OAKLAND — After 24 days of heavy load and a nasty saltwater bath, the first of four very large high-strength steel anchor rods similar to those that broke on the Bay Bridge earlier this year ...

It's called a stress corrosion test, and on Friday, KCRA 3 witnessed Caltrans engineers pumping salt water onto the anchor rods of the Bay Bridge. View photos.

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — Raising questions about the necessity of repairing anchor rods exposed to water at the base of the new Bay Bridge’s tower, the project’s governing body approved further ...

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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