Old span of Bay Bridge to take 3 years to dismantle The old eastern span of the Bay Bridge closed for good Wednesday but it won't be disappearing from view -- bridge officials say it will take around three years to take apart and remove the seismically unsafe span. The old cantilever bridge, built in 1936 to connect Oakland to Yerba Buena Island, has been slated for replacement since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake collapsed a section of the span ...
Aug. 28, 2013 - KTVU