The San Francisco Chronicle has an article where the Caltrans officials say the tie-rods fatigued due to vibrations causing them to rub against the top piece of the saddle (...like taking a paper clip and working it back and forth until it breaks...)
s.macie
In a message dated 10/29/2009 11:39:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sgordin@sgeconsulting.com writes:
Some info/videos (not top quality) from back then are available here http://baybridgeinfo.org/mbar.The crack looks pretty wide...SG----- Original Message -----From: Michel BlangySent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:17Subject: RE: Bay BridgeDoes the eyelet crack look bigger to anyone else? I wasn't able to find the pictures from labor day, but there was one I saw.
