Bolts On Bay Bridge That Haven't Failed May Go

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Transportation officials say long seismic safety bolts on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that haven't failed may have to be replaced nonetheless.

Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger said on Wednesday morning officials were looking into that possibility. He told the Bay Area Toll Authority a final decision would be announced two weeks from now.

Officials have previously said even a fix for the 32 bolts that failed when they were tightened last month could take months, threatening to push back the scheduled Labor Day opening of the new $6.3 billion span.

Heminger told the toll authority that he would have a cost estimate and a final determination about the bridge's opening date when he returns in two weeks.

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