# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2543
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/2543 "2025-09-03T15:45:04Z")
Today (?) in history? Okay, last night in history. **Mon 02 Sep 2013** : In San Francisco and Oakland CA the brand-new eastern span of the Bay Bridge opens; finally, after the Loma Prieta earthquake of October 1989, seismic retrofitting and a new design of the Bay Bridge are completed. [![](https://i.imgur.com/KvpyOWZ.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KvpyOWZ.jpeg) My wife and I were among the very first to drive across it. We had to wait in line before they let everyone go, and we drove eastward to Oakland and then turned around and drove back to San Francisco that night, crossing it twice. Then we went home. A brief drive for history. The self-anchored suspension bridge is an elegant design. It was then the most expensive public works project in California history. Still might be. This is a web pic. Not mine. We were in our 2001 Honda CR-V that night. ➜ `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/31?u=bullitt` ■ > [@Trivia Dominoes III — Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-iii-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/1016952/31): > > That eastern span of the Bay Bridge opened on Monday 02 Sep 2013, and my wife and I were among the very first to drive across it that day. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530)._