Caldecott Tunnel fourth bore opens

[ZLoth]

From SF Gate:

Caldecott Tunnel fourth bore opens

Another Bay Area transportation tradition has vanished.

But unlike, say, the Key System trains or the sturdy gray girders of the old Bay Bridge eastern span, the merging and guessing games required to navigate the three-bore Caldecott Tunnel will be missed by few, if any, drivers.

Those games came to an end Saturday morning, when the long-awaited fourth bore of the tunnel opened to westbound traffic after emergency systems were tested and certified. Signs reading "Welcome to the 4th Bore" greeted predawn commuters beginning about 4 a.m.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

[Bickendan]

What a boring thread. Took them long enough!

[NE2]

Thanks, Obama!