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New concerns over Bay Bridge rods 28 July 2015

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that microscopic cracks have been discovered on some of the rods on the new Bay Bridge tower and quotes an official from California’s department of transport as saying the discovery suggested the problem could be widespread and require repair or replacement of further rods.

The report (see link at end) also says Caltrans confirmed that one of four high strength tower anchor roads they examined appeared to have suffered embrittlement failure after it was exposed to sea water. Brian Maroney, chief engineer at Caltrans, told an oversight panel the brittle fracture was similar to the failures found in some of the 32 anchor rods at the eastern end of the new bridge.

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