Wednesday, March 27, 2013

30 huge bolts on San Francisco Bay Bridge have snapped

All 288 will be replaced. Some of the bolts are 17 feet long.
     Unlike the Chinese-built deck sections, the bolts - some as long 17 as feet - were produced in the United States.
     "It appears to be a type of materials problem - the presence of hydrogen in the metal..."

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