Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Completed, at an Anticipated $136 Million Savings.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. (Caltrans) today announced that seismic retrofit work on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Richmond–San Rafael Bridge, W Calif., c.4 mi (6 km) long, part of the network of bridges serving the San Francisco Bay area; completed in 1957. It provides an essential link between the east side of San Francisco Bay and the north coastal counties on the west has been completed for an anticipated $136 million savings. An independent consulting firm, Bechtel Infrastructure, Incorporated, projected in August 2004 that it would cost $914 million to seismically retrofit the bridge. Caltrans completed the work for much less. "The people of the Bay Area have a safer bridge, built under budget," said Caltrans Director Will Kempton. The Richmond-San Rafael is the sixth of seven toll bridges statewide to be completely retrofitted by Caltrans since 2000. The other bridges are: the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, Carquinez Bridge, San Mateo-Hayward Bridge For other uses of "Hayward", see Hayward (disambiguation). The San Mateo-Hayward Bridge is a bridge crossing California's San Francisco Bay in the United States, linking the San Francisco Peninsula with the East Bay. , Vincent Thomas Bridge The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500 foot (0 m) long suspension bridge crossing the Los Angeles Harbor in the U.S. state of California, linking San Pedro, Los Angeles, with Terminal Island. and San Diego-Coronado Bridge The San Diego-Coronado Bridge, locally referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a "prestressed concrete/steel" girder bridge, crossing over San Diego Bay in the United States, linking San Diego, California with Coronado, California. . The West Span retrofit on the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge is 100 percent complete, the West Approach is approximately 51 percent complete, and the Skyway section of the East Span is 77 percent complete. "The savings on the bridge is the result of an intense effort by Caltrans Director Kempton, Chief Deputy Director Randy Iwasaki and Caltrans employees to respond the Governor's call for government to work more efficiently," said Business, Transportation and Housing Secretary Sunne Wright McPeak. "I want to congratulate them along with every Caltrans employee who worked hard to make this project a success." Caltrans is now soliciting bids from contractors for the Bay Bridge's showcase piece, the Self-Anchored Suspension (SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ) span. The contract is expected to be awarded in late March 2006, and the SAS is scheduled to be completed in 2012. |
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