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Oakland Bay Bridge: repair or replace?

In this article, a University of California, Berkeley, civil engineering professor argues that Caltrans should "replace, not just repair, a section of the Bay Bridge that collapsed on drivers." On Tuesday, a rod snapped and fell on three cars causing no injuries.

In this AP video report, another U.C. Berkeley engineering professor points at the elephant in the room: If increased wind is causing these failures, what would an earthquake do?

 

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