Construction of the original East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

The east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge originally consisted of a fourteen-section truss causeway, five medium truss sections, and a cantilevered section supported by two towers. These photographs show the progress made on the cantilevered portion by early 1936.

Identification Information: Dept. of Public Works, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Construction Photographs (F2516:1-93).
Top: East Bay, 10/22/1935: Box 14 (C5229), photograph 7-1078.
Bottom: Cantilever Span, 03/04/1936: Box 14 (C5229), photograph 7-1196.