1997-230130

The California Department of Transportation has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a modification to a Department of the Army Individual Permit to replace the original east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with a new bridge immediately to the north. The modification is a pilot/demonstration project for the demolition of Pier E3 of the original bridge. The east span of the SFOBB is located in San Francisco Bay and spans Yerba Buena Island and the City of Oakland. The original east span was supported by 21 in-water bridge piers, Piers E2 through E22, along with land based piers at Yerba Buena Island and Oakland. The pilot project would be the demolition of Pier E3, which is located 1,535 feet east of Yerba Buena Island and on the east side of the 50-foot deep navigation channel.