Date: September 30, 2013
District: District 4 - Oakland
Contact: Vince Jacala
Phone: (510) 286-5206
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DUMBARTON BRIDGE PROJECT COMPETES FOR
NATIONAL AWARD
Your vote can bring
home the win!!!
Spectacular Bay
Bridge Images Win Faces of Transportation
OAKLAND-The California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Dumbarton Bridge Project is competing
with transportation projects nationally including projects from Massachusetts,
Indiana, and Georgia.
The Dumbarton Bridge Project is California’s
opportunity to capture national recognition as California shows the country how
premier transportation projects can improve the lives of all Northern
Californians.
The Bay Area project now has less than two days to
pull ahead and capture the prestigious America’s Transportation Award sponsored
by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
You can vote for the award until Wednesday, October
2, 2013 at:
The winner will be announced during AASHTO’s Annual
Meeting on October 21st.
California also grabbed bragging rights as the Bay
Bridge project notched three national photography awards from AASHTO in its
Faces of Transportation competition.
Caltrans Engineer Martin Chandrawinata won the Grand Prize for his photo of an iron
worker using a cutting torch on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge.
Caltrans photographer Bill Hall won the People’s Choice Award for his photo of Engineer
Matt Bruce inspecting the cable band installation near the top of eastern span
of the Bay Bridge. Hall’s photo also won AASHTO’s Building the Future category.
The winning photos are posted on: http://facesoftransportation.org/
For
additional Caltrans photos and information, see our website at:
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