Archinect - News 2024-12-22T11:03:32-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/74178367/bolts-along-bay-bridge-bike-path-fail Bolts along Bay Bridge bike path fail Archinect 2013-05-29T15:37:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3f/3ffd1b31bf6669d55f7ae26b59f3b43d?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Crews that built the railing committed what experts called a basic mistake - they welded the bolts in place firmly in their slots rather than leaving a small amount of room to accommodate a natural expansion of the bicycle path that happens in hot weather. As a result, scores of the 1-inch-diameter bolts have been sheared off along the 1.2-mile bike path on the southern side of the span's skyway section.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>