The new East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge rises to the left of the old cantilever span in San Francisco on Tuesday. The new $6.4bn span is scheduled to open September 3 after the bridge closed at 8pm yesterday. The old portion will be demolished.

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