Talk:San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge/Archive 1

message: ===Concrete and steel prices===
Removed (24.251.181.145): "The 9/11 attacks and the subsequent downward turn of the economy caused the cost of building supplies like concrete and steel to skyrocket." 
The above simply does not follow from the laws of economics.'''
Replacement (Leonard G.): "As both concrete and structural steel are now commodities within a world wide market the prices were much higher than expected due to the current building boom throughout China"
-- Leonard G. 16:06, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Eastern span replacement

message: Removed (24.251.181.145): "The 9/11 attacks and the subsequent downward turn of the economy caused the cost of building supplies like concrete and steel to skyrocket." 
The above simply does not follow from the laws of economics.'''
Replacement (Leonard G.): "As both concrete and structural steel are now commodities within a world wide market the prices were much higher than expected due to the current building boom throughout China"
-- Leonard G. 16:06, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Concrete and steel prices

message: The article on Emperor Norton I says that a span of this bridge was named after him, because he was an early advocate of it.  Does anyone know anything about this? DuctapeDaredevil
:It should say that there was a proposal before the SF Board of Supervisors to name it thusly; I think we have that described right here in this article.
:Atlant 17:28, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the info from the Norton article to this one and rearranged things a bit. -- Samuel Wantman 00:03, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Emperor Norton I 

message: Shouldn't the map be one of the first things encountered? It could be clipped way down to a smaller size so that it would not be intrusive, yet still informative.
:Map is now part of "bridge3" taxobox - see also Golden Gate Bridge Leonard G. 15:18, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Map location

message: It would be nifty if a better map could be posted, which showed people unfamiliar with the Bay Area where San Francisco and Oakland are located with respect to the bridge.  Also, the current map doesn't clearly show Yerba Buena Island. -- Beland 04:14, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I can correct the map - by making the island out of scale, which is probably appropriate in this instance (the bridge line is much wider than the bridge would be at this scale, of course, which is why the island(s) would have to be also larger. - Leonard G. 03:52, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better map? 

message: Does anyone have a panormaic photo containing the whole bridge (both spans)?  I think it would be nice to have a view of the complete bridge to get an idea of what the whole thing looks like at once. --Rc251 07:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like a nice panoramic challenge to me. The problem is one of viewpoint. A view from the Angel Island would not be good since the eastern segment would angle sharply away from the viewer, and so the relative length would not bee obvious- better would be a viewpoint from the South, which essentially means a view from a boat on the bay, if both segments are to be in proper relative proportions. Unfortunately, I do not have access to a boat, but if anyone in the SF bay area would provide a boat (sail or power, I have enough experience to act as crew member), I would be delighted to take images and compose a panorama -Leonard G. 15:27, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Such a picture could probably be taken from the ferry that runs between Oakland and Alameda and San Francisco. 207.69.139.142 06:09, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of the whole bridge