Just months before the Bay Bridge opened, large-diameter high-strength bolts that anchor the seismic restraining ... small footprint of the bridge's shear keys—which provide transverse support ...

Caltrans has uncovered evidence that one of the 25-foot-long rods that anchor the new Bay Bridge eastern span’s tower may have snapped after being installed, a finding that could cast doubt on ...

Unlike the shear-key anchor rods, which could not be removed and were retrofitted with custom-made steel saddles with hundreds of post-tension wires at a cost of $25 million, the units at the ...

Undrained shear strength: The resistance of a soil to shearing forces without allowance for drainage; a key parameter in assessing the stability of anchors in soft seabed sediments. Eulerian ...