Solano's Got It!: Carquinez Demolition Under Way: "In mid-February, Caltrans is planning a retirement ceremony for the bridge, including elected officials and some ironworkers who worked on the bridge. In 2004, the new Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, a suspension span to the west of the 1927 bridge, received a large opening day celebration.
The retirement party will coincide with the lowering of the eastern truss, the section of the bridge on the Vallejo side. Hydraulic jacks will lower it onto awaiting barges in Carquinez Strait, the reverse of how the bridge was built, Haus said. It will take many hours to lower one section, he said.
In March, Caltrans plans to lower the western truss, Haus said.
Caltrans engineers estimate the entire bridge structure will be totally removed by the end of 2006. "
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