When 5,000 pounds of metal broke off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last month, it rattled more than just the physical structure - it shook the nerves of even the most stalwart commuters ...

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is photographed during the evening commute in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) ...

The Bay Bridge failure, one of the quake's most memorable images, prompted one of the costliest public works projects in state history. The $6.4 billion project finally draws to a close after ...

That’s because it’s not really a bridge. Like much of the construction under way on the $6.3-billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reconstruction program, it’s all temporary.

Major events in the life of the Bay Bridge: Sept. 17, 1872: Emperor Norton, celebrated San Francisco eccentric, issues decree for a bridge between Oakland and San Francisco.

Another push in the 1980s died after facing opposition from environmental groups. Sen. Dianne Feinstein revived the Southern Crossing proposal in 2000, but studies found it would cost at least $8. ...