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Bay Bridge Cable Walk

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Had a cool opportunity to walk up the cable to the top of the the first tower of the Bay Bridge today with folks from the Bay Lights project. You walk right up the cable/pipe to the top, it actually wasn’t that hard. Once on top the vistas were amazing. I tried to grab some photos of the hardware behind the lights at the top of the cables. The top of the tower is 526 feet high, and 280,000 cars drive on the bridge every day, making it the second busiest bridge in the world. Guest photos by Lucas Saugen.

For a peak at what the lights look like in their testing at night check out this video:


13 Comments

  • Brewster Smith February 27, 2013 @ 7:57 am

    Terrifying! I’m afraid of heights. Well, somebody’s gotta do it!

  • Stephane Daury February 27, 2013 @ 8:21 am

    Ah sweet. So it was indeed with Ben, as I suspected. Can’t wait to see his project come to life!

  • Mark McWilliams February 27, 2013 @ 8:38 am

    Looks pretty cool! :)

  • goofydg1 February 27, 2013 @ 8:52 am

    I was wondering about the backstory on the pic the other day. Crazy. Too high for me.

  • Dan February 27, 2013 @ 9:51 am

    Wow, I’m not a fan of heights but would still totally do that :)

  • Jordan Newell February 27, 2013 @ 12:13 pm

    Thats awsome!!!

  • akTed February 27, 2013 @ 6:03 pm

    Were there any kind of safety lines you guys were attached to, walking up?

    • Matt March 1, 2013 @ 5:03 am

      Yes we were pretty well hooked-in, usually attached to two cables all the way up.

  • Glenn Friesen February 28, 2013 @ 3:57 pm

    WOW!!

  • Pat March 4, 2013 @ 5:33 pm

    Stunning photos, including rust shots! Looks like a gorgeous day in SF — still, how intense was the wind from way up there?

    • Matt March 4, 2013 @ 6:01 pm

      Wasn’t bad at all, pretty quiet day.

  • Robert April 24, 2013 @ 10:46 pm

    Awesome pictures!!! I spent 4 weeks in Emeryville in 2001 attending a training at Siebel Systems, travelling that bridge to San Francisco quite often. While I found the ride across the bridge itself always amazing these views from the top are really spectacular! Thanks for sharing, greetings from Germany, Robert

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