The federal government will investigate how Caltrans allowed more than 2,300 suspect steel rods to be installed on the new Bay Bridge eastern span and will review the agency's $10 million fix of more ...

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Caltrans' pre-installation tests on the large steel rods that failed last month on the Bay Bridge project raised doubts about their ability to stretch during an earthquake, but engineers OKd using ...

Any one of a dozen reasons could explain why huge high-strength steel rods — 9 to 24 feet long — on the new Bay Bridge snapped. But there are no excuses for allowing the fasteners to break in the ...

Dongkuk Steel, a major steelmaker in Korea, said yesterday it has developed five types of threaded steel rods. Although the threaded steel rod market in Korea is small, the company said that demand ...

Transportation officials are investigating why nearly three dozen threaded steel rods on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge snapped when workers tightened the fittings.The Contra Costa Times says ...