Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the company’s joint
venture with American Bridge was able to meet the seismic safety opening
requirements to allow Caltrans to open the new East Span of the San
Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. The Bay Bridge was officially opened to
traffic on Labor Day evening. The American Bridge/Fluor Joint Venture
(ABFJV) was originally awarded the Self-Anchored Suspension Span of the
Bay Bridge project in March of 2006.
Local, state and federal elected officials as well as representatives
from the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee; Bay Area Toll
Authority; Caltrans; Metropolitan Transportation Commission; and ABFJV
spoke at the grand opening event. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin
Newsom also spoke and officiated at a chain-cutting ceremony to open the
new bridge.
“We are pleased to be able to help Caltrans and the other stakeholders
in the region reach this landmark event and open the new Bay Bridge. Our
entire team is proud to deliver such a world class structure that will
serve as a symbol for the Bay Area for decades to come,” said Steve
Dobbs, Fluor’s president of the Industrial & Infrastructure Business
Group.
“This seven-year project brought together a diverse team of workers who
endeavored tirelessly to accomplish the single objective of delivering
one of the most complex bridge projects in the world,” said Herb Morgan,
business line lead for Fluor Infrastructure. “Together with our
partners, our subcontractors and suppliers from many countries, we were
able to accomplish this great feat and do so in a safe manner.”
ABFJV’s Self-Anchored Suspension Span (SAS) has transformed the Bay
Bridge’s appearance with its unique, asymmetric design. With a full SAS
span length of approximately 2,050 feet, the SAS is the largest and
longest single-tower, self-anchored suspension bridge in the world.
Motorists are able to enjoy a dramatic view of the Bay Area’s landscape
while driving under an angled canopy of suspension cables.
The SAS structure also includes a single, white, 525-foot-tall steel
tower. The bridge’s roadways, which were previously configured as upper
and lower decks on the original East Span, are now built as two,
side-by-side roadways with five lanes each. The new span also features a
cantilevered bicycle/pedestrian path on the eastbound (south) side of
the bridge. All elements of the SAS, including the tower, piers, color
and lighting, emphasize the bridge’s elegant, futuristic appearance.
Approximately 280,000 vehicles travel across the Bay Bridge on a daily
basis and some 100 million vehicles per year.
About Fluor Corporation
For more than 100 years, Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has partnered
with its clients to design, build and maintain many of the world's most
challenging and complex capital projects. Through its global network of
offices on six continents, more than 41,000 employees provide
comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of
engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, fabrication,
operations, maintenance and project management. Today, the company
serves a global client base in the energy, chemicals, government,
industrial, infrastructure, operations & maintenance, manufacturing &
life sciences, mining, power and transportation sectors. Headquartered
in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 110 on the FORTUNE 500 list and had
revenue of $27.6 billion in 2012. For more information, visit www.fluor.com
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