eye-bar

“The piece that failed Tuesday was connected to a circular eye-bar that was discovered to have cracked in a routine inspection during the Labor Day work.”

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“SAN LEANDRO, CA -- 10/30/09 -- Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. was summoned to provide crane service earlier this week for the unfortunate San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge accident, just hours after the 5,000 pound steel eye-bar reinforcement saddle and two steel tie-rods fell down on the upper deck of westbound I-80 during the evening commute, damaging three cars.”

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