San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge by Aisha Rasheed https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks The New Deal Virtual Poster en-us 2021-09-25 19:31:30 UTC 2023-03-25 21:32:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f309.png Quote arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767712242 Said former President Herbert Hoover on opening day. 

 “...this is the greatest bridge yet constructed.”

]]> 2021-09-25 19:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767712242 New Deal Program arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767715262 The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was a project of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, an agency that started under Hoover but became part of FDR's New Deal efforts to improve the country's infrastructure.


]]> 2021-09-25 19:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767715262 Location arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767715452 With its eight-mile span, touching San Fransisco and Oakland the Bay Bridge was at that time the longest bridge in the world.]]> 2021-09-25 19:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767715452 Purpose arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767715645 Started 1933 and constructed in 1936, the bridge was used to support the increase of automobiles and public transit lines in the early half of the 20th century.

When the two-level bridge was originally built, it was designed to help with automobile traffic, which was on the top level and trains and trucks on the bottom.]]> 2021-09-25 19:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767715645 arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767717567 2021-09-25 19:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767717567 arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767718513 2021-09-25 19:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767718513 arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767719405 2021-09-25 19:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767719405 References arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767722988
  • Hira, S. (2021). Bay Bridge Construction. Beyond Design: The Construction and BIM Blog. https://beyonddesign.typepad.com/posts/2013/09/bay-bridge-construction.html
  • History of the Bay Bridge - An Interactive Timeline. (2010, February 17). Oakland North. https://oaklandnorth.net/bay-bridge-to-nowhere/history/
  • Little, B. (2021, April 23). 9 New Deal Infrastructure Projects That Changed America. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/new-deal-infrastructure-projects-fdr
  • San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - San Francisco CA and Oakland CA. (2020, June 21). Living New Deal. https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/bay-bridge-san-francisco-ca/

    • ]]>     2021-09-25 19:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767722988     Outcomes arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767726490 The bridge has been recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a nationally significant structure from the standpoint of engineering as well as its importance in the transportation history of California and the nation.

    Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is significant for its influence in the California Bay Area.]]>     2021-09-25 19:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767726490     Affects arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767874533 Carried 270,000 vehicles a day. ]]> 2021-09-25 23:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767874533 Opened November 12, 1936 - Closed August 28, 2013 arasheed4 https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767875400 2021-09-25 23:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/arasheed4/Bookmarks/wish/1767875400