This is from the western span, you know, the one with the functional towers:
From David Yu – click to expand
Of course, the eastern span, the one they’re still working on decades after the Big One of 1989, will have an ornamental tower. Oh well.
Anyway, this is a nice shot.
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The new bridge’s tower is functional as well — it is in fact the anchor of the self anchored suspension span.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_span_replacement_of_the_San_Francisco_%E2%80%93_Oakland_Bay_Bridge#Construction_begins
great photo, though.
Yeah, but the span isn’t useful tho.
A freeway on stilts on pilings driven into the hard mud down below would have been fine.
Ergo, the tower is indeed ornamental…