A view of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on September 8, 2013 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The timing of the Bay Bridge’s emergency repair on Wednesday during a San Francisco Giants’ game that caused massive gridlock has received plenty of criticism.
The emergency repair began early in the evening and prompted the closure of several lanes on both the upper and lower decks, creating miles of gridlock on San Francisco’s city streets. Caltrans officials said driver safety is always their number one priority.
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Caltrans’ Leah Robinson-Leach said they were a bit caught off guard by the problem.
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