What is the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge?
Q: What is the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge?
A: The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge is a series of bridges across San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California, and is part of Interstate 80.
Q: How many spans does the Bay Bridge have and what are they?
A: The Bay Bridge has two spans over water. The western span is a suspension bridge, while the eastern span is a self-anchored suspension bridge.
Q: What type of bridge was the eastern span before it was replaced?
A: The eastern span used to be a cantilever bridge, but it was removed once the new bridge opened.
Q: Why was the old eastern span destroyed?
A: The cantilever span was destroyed in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.
Q: What is one reason for the replacement of the eastern span?
A: The destruction of the old eastern span in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake is one reason why the eastern span was replaced.
Q: What is the configuration of the western span of the Bay Bridge?
A: The western span is a double suspension bridge with two decks. Westbound traffic is carried on the upper deck and eastbound on the lower deck.
Q: What is the configuration of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge?
A: The new east span is a single deck with the eastbound and westbound lanes on each side, and is the world's widest bridge.
