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A new Geyerserville Bridge opened August 17, 2006 after closing January 1, 2006 due to severe damage during New Year's storms. The community, local leaders, and Caltrans joined together to celebrate the bridge opening four months earlier than projected. This video gives an overview of the construction and encapsulates the celebratory remarks made by leaders at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Festivities included a parade across the new bridge. |
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The upcoming 'Traffic Split' on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge may, at first, cause some confusion, as drivers become accustomed to the new configuration. Watch this video for a complete, thorough explanation of how the 'Traffic Split' will take place |
Water quality is a concern for several important reasons. One reason is wildlife. The bay waters are home to a diverse community of wildlife. Water conditions are extremely important to birds, fish and marine mammals. Even the slightest change in aquatic conditions can have negative impact. This video will outline some of the efforts Caltrans is making to safeguard the environment during construction of the new Bay Bridge. Running Time: 11min, Directed and Edited by Dennis Parecadan |
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A kick-off event for the cross country National Convoy to celebrate 50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System was held on June 16th, 2006 at Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California. The event was attended by many national and local dignitaries. |
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On April 2, 2006, Highway 1 at Devil's Slide was closed. Once again, this geologically unstable section of coastline slid a little closer to the ocean. Less than 24 hours after the road was closed, massive boulders came crashing down from 300 feet above the roadway. In the video, a senior Caltrans geologist explains why this section of road continues to fail and describes how Caltrans will fix the problem. Learn a little about the history of Devil's Slide and how the latest repair compares to the one in 1995 when the road was closed for about 6 months. |
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Ground breaking ceremony for Sonoma 101 HOV widening project was held on April 4, 2006. This major construction project is to widen US 101 from four to six lanes between Route 12 and Steele Lane in Santa Rosa. The new lanes will be northbound and southbound carpool lanes, which will add capacity and encourage ridesharing in this congested corridor. |
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The first of two steel transition spans was lifted into place during an around the clock thirty six hour operation. At 1700 tons, this was one of the largest construction lifts in California history. These steel transition spans will connect the concrete Skyway with the steel Self Anchored Suspension Span of the new San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge East Span. |
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Caltrans is retiring the historic 1927 Carquinez Bridge since it was replaced by state of the art, Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge in 2003. This video celebrates the building of the original Carquinez Bridge, paying tribute to the first bridge to span the strait and its role in Bay Area history.. |
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In November 2005, Caltrans had the honor of co-hosting the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, here in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. The ITS World Congress also offered the Innovative Mobility Showcase at SBC park that demonstrated the latest ITS technologies at work - live, on a simulated State Highway System. Following video captures the events & technologies highlighted at the ITS World Congress. |
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The building of the East Span of the New Bay Bridge
begins with the construction of the foundations in the bay waters and below.
The video captures how these steps are accomplished:
building coffer dams, placing footing boxes, pile driving,
placing rebar cages in the steel piles, and finally pouring the concrete. |
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The next major process is to build piers and pier tables.
The video highlights the following steps:
fabrication and placing of the pier column rebar cages,
steel forms erection, concrete pour for the pier columns,
step by step building of the pier table, and lastly the post-tensioning. |
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The Central Freeway was one of the most controversial debates in San Francisco:
To build or not to build the damaged freeway through The City.
Watch as San Francisco's politicians, transportation experts, and citizens join together
in celebrating the opening of The Central Freeway Market St. on and off-ramps,
and the beautifully landscaped adjoining Octavia Blvd.
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A new video by Caltrans Public Affairs takes you through the switch, and explains the detours for local traffic. |
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This project, located in Solano County, widened Route 37 between the Napa River Bridge and Enterprise Street, converting 4-lane conventional highway to 4-lane freeway. The project also includes construction of a partial Interchange at Route 37 junction of Route 29, an Over-crossing at Sacramento Street, box culverts at White Slough, five sound walls, four, retaining wall and a class 1-bike path. |
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This project is truly a collaborative effort that would not have been possible without the generous contribution of time, effort and an abundance of positive energy provided by the community of West Oakland, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the City of Oakland. Enjoy the video and then find time to take a stroll along Mandela Parkway. The pleasure will be yours. |
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The Devil's Slide project is located on State Route 1 in San Mateo County between the town of Montara to the south and City of Pacifica to the north. |
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Benicia Martinez Bridge is one of the most heavily traveled bridges in the state. An additional bridge span is being constructed adjacent to the existing Benicia Martinez Bridge along I- 680 across the Carquinez Strait. Besides the construction of the new span and improvements of the existing bridge, there are several related projects under construction.This video shows the current status on the new span and other related projects. |
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This video commemorates California Highway Workers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Highlights of the ceremonies of the three memorial plaques located throughout District 4 as well as several Caltrans employees paying tribute and remembering our coworkers are included in the video. |
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This short film explores the construction of the new Carquinez (Alfred Zampa Memorial) Bridge through exclusive interviews with key television and newspaper reporters as well as community representatives. This short film features time-lapse footage of bridge construction and the largest fireworks show ever on the Carquinez Strait during opening celebration. This 7 minute segment supplements the 35 minute Caltrans documentary "Spanning the Carquinez Strait" with completely new footage. The full documentary is now available on DVD and VHS through the Caltrans Historic Preservation Society at http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/CHPC/. |
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In a continuing series of short web videos
documenting new carquinez bridge construction in District 4,
Bart Ney, the public information officer at the bridge, discusses
deck welding and wire wrapping of the main cables. |
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The two and a half minute web video's purpose is to inform the public on the procedures used by Caltrans and its contractor FCI-Cleveland Bridge on lifting the Carquinez Bridge's deck sections into place. On-camera interviews of Public Information Officer Bart Ney describe the procedure during the historic last day of deck erection, as the last deck section is being lifted into place. Using time-lapse video, District 4's A-V video crew captured a complete deck lift on the north side of the bridge, from the California Maritime Academy. What usually takes 4 hours is compressed into less than 30 seconds. The action includes iron workers at work and personnel using computer assisted strand jacks. |
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Caltrans has received numerous emails and phone calls
regarding the one-inch thick steel plates that have
been placed on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge just
west of the Yerba Buena Tunnel. Although the plates
have been designed to accommodate 50 mile- per-hour
traffic, many drivers slow down prior to the plates.
The slowing of just a few vehicles on a congested bridge
can greatly increase traffic congestion. Many motorists
have complained about the increased delays. ==>> MORE |
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The following video was taken during the first sound
attenuation test on the Benicia-Martinez Bridge on July
12, 2002. The video shows the isolation casing, Enduraflex
coating and bubble curtain being used in conjunction
to reduce the sound levels experienced in the Carquinez
Straits during pile driving operations with the Menck
500T hydraulic pile driving hammer. |
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Californians annually produce 33 million waste tires.
Instead of clogging landfills, 70 percent of these are
recycled and used in engineering, environmental and
consumer projects. |
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Caltrans is proud to present you with an new public
service announcement (PSA). This video address motorist
safety when encountering work zones. We strongly
encourage motorists to drive safely at all times, but
especially so near work zones where unsafe and irresponsible
driving places both the driver and workers in jeopardy.
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In the mid 1990s, The California Department of Transportation
produced this classic "Office Drive-Through"
public service announcement. It's message remains important
today.
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PROPOSED DEVIL'S SLIDE BRIDGES FLY-OVER ANIMATIONThe view begins with an overhead still view of the bridge. When the animation begins, the viewer is looking northbound towards Pacifica from the edge of San Pedro Mountain. The camera then swoops to the side to give a profile of the bridge. Video ends with a view from the southbound direction, looking into the incandescently-lighted tunnel bores. ==>> MORE |
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"SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO IT"DO YOU HATE LITTER? So do we. And so does "Evening Magazine" host Mike Rowe. Recently, Mike joined our maintenance crews for a day of litter removal. He could not believe what he found, and neither will you. Watch the entire segment, courtesy KPIX-TV. |
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The Engineering Institute is a two-week residential
program for fifty (50) youths interested in
engineering related careers. The institute was held
at San Francisco State University - School of
Engineering. During the Institute, participants
gained insight into the engineering academic program
that they will encounter as college students. They were
exposed to different engineering careers. This Caltrans
video is a document of the class of 2000. |
Highway 101 Traffic Shifts in Marin County