Time-lapse video of Bay Bridge deck replacement

As work continues on a new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the bridge was closed over Labor Day weekend to replace a football field-sized section of the bridge's upper deck. The new 6,500 ton, rebar-and-concrete section, built over several months, was literally rolled into place with just a three inch gap on either side. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission created an amazing time-lapse video of the operation.
Link to video, Link to MTC's San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Update page (Thanks, Jess Hemerly!)

Previously on BB:
• Inside the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Link
• Photos from the top of Bay Bridge Link

[#1 posted by Anonymous , September 17, 2007 7:41 PM]

Here is a 4-day timelapse movie showing the whole labor-day weekend closure..Pictures are taken every 5 minutes from atop the tunnel.

http://www.nuspectra.com/SiteProxy/laborday07bay-bridge.mov

from News section of the webcam suppliers: http://www.nuspectra.com/

[#2 posted by Anonymous , September 17, 2007 8:41 PM]

When I first read the headline, I thought it said "duck replacement."

Damn.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , September 17, 2007 8:56 PM]

love it. Like ants at a cartoon picnic.