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San Francisco’s Bay Bridge Gets 5,300-Ton Steel Span Delivery from China

The heavily-traveled Bay Bridge, which connects San Francisco to the East Bay, is going to contain a section constructed in and shipped from China. The construction has now been completed and is currently being loaded onto a ship in Shanghai for transport to the San Francisco Bay. From Bloomberg:The four steel modules, weighing a combined 5,300 tons, will then make a 22-day journey across the Pac