[editor-surveyor]

"I have a sneaky suspicion that the next problem will be a deck or span collapse"

Agree!

The new design is very questionable at best. The concept of a 'self-anchoring' suspension in bay mud is absurd.

[londonfog]

can you imagine these fat bureaucrats who normally go home at 3:30 and haven’t worked on friday in years “working “on that old bridge?? What a knee slapping joke.

[Wacka]

Again wrong on another subject. Just like you believe the sun goes around the earth.

Happened to read this as I live in the area (going on the bridge today). The new suspension segment is not anchored in mud. They went down to bedrock. That's the reason they couldn't put it on the south side of the present bridge.
The anchors for the current cantilever section are in mud. They couldn't find bedrock and drove 90 foot wood poles (trees) down in the mud for anchorage.