this time lapse video recorded tonight from our camera on yurba buena island as crew put finishing touch on the eastern span of the bay bridge. >> scene of demolition and construction as cal-trans and contractors work to beat the clock to get the span ready by tuesday or perhaps sooner. good evening. i'm in for dan. >> i'm carolyn johnson. there was grid lock it this but also signs that people had planned ahead. >> take a look at the san mateo bridge on the left jam packed during the evening commute and on the right live picture of traffic moving along is inly rate now. >> another option for getting out of the city was the golden gate bridge. it was crowded today but new moving at the limit and going well. >> we are at the toll plaza with the work happening now. >> impressive to see how quickly this is all coming together. as you can see the road surface here at the toll plaza stripped and these crews are laying down new asphalt. working their way toward the toll booth. cal-trans says it won't be long before you are driving over a fresh surface and across the new bridge. thinks your driv

also built to last longer and grooved to reduce vibration on the bridge. >> exist yurba buena island could be tricky. on ramp and very little room to merge. drivers have to stop and take off into the lane. but as you you come out of the tunnel heading natural east bay you won't be under the lower deck for long. old captain leave came is gone. new tower will be waiting for you. >> this fame project is carefully orchestrated right down to the minute but just in case there is a problem they built in slow time that the schedule and so far they haven't had to use any of it. cal-trans optimistic they will beat the deadline tuesday at 5:00 a.m. spoke live in the toll plaza if oakland, allen, abc 7 news. >> good to hear thank you allen. >> this evening drive home was grueling for many drivers. watch live on a before c 7 news at 6:00. south on highway 101 on the about instant la. 10:00 o'clock san mateo bridge east bay during abc 7 news this evening. it took our engineer behind the wheel 30 minutes to get from one end of the bridge to the other. 7 morning fuss traffic anchor says we can expec

this time lapse video recorded tonight from our camera on yurba buena island as crew put finishing touch on the eastern span of the bay bridge. >> scene of demolition and construction as cal-trans and contractors work to beat the clock to get the span ready by tuesday or perhaps sooner. good evening. i'm in for dan. >> i'm carolyn johnson. there was grid lock it this but also signs that people had planned ahead. >> take a look at the san mateo bridge on the left jam packed during the evening commute and on the right live picture of traffic moving along is inly rate now. >> another option for getting out of the city was the golden gate bridge. it was crowded today but new moving at the limit and going well. >> we are at the toll plaza with the work happening now. >> impressive to see how quickly this is all coming together. as you can see the road surface here at the toll plaza stripped and these crews are laying down new asphalt. working their way toward the toll booth. cal-trans says it won't be long before you are driving over a fresh surface and across the new bridge. thinks your driv

the connection to treasure and yurba buena island take another year to complete but over the 5 day labor day weekend closure these temporary wooden segment will connect the path on the oakland side from emeryville to the bridge. allowing cyclist and pedestrians to get up on the bridge and over the bay like never before. in this cal-trans animation the path is

here's a lack from our yurba buena island camera. construction crew working right here on where the new span meets the tunnel. scraping grading the roadway there. heather got a firsthand look at the work at the other end of the new bridge on the western span. >> work readying the new eastern span for traffic is moving along well but too soon to say. if it might open earl early. >> folk heading out of town for the labor day weekend still plan the travel based on 5 a.m. opening. don't want people with opening date not confirmed and no other date and time throughout yet. right now we are still saying 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning. >> monumental bridge needs monumental maintenance. cal-trans is making the motor of the bridge closure to work on the old but the span of the bay bridge only one lane of active traffic for treasure island resident aof sunshine workers can accomplish in 4 day what is would normally take 4 months. >> that include bridge paintin painting. includes replacing of a light. that includes drain clearing and graffiti remova

completion of the road surface at yurba buena island and grinding paving striping and that's about it. >> work is progressing very well. we have not had any hiccup or hitches. >> 1,000 foot section of the old westbound approach to the bridge is well on its which to being gone. crew on that demolition job are starting on the bridge and working back toward oakland. this section has to go to make room to connect the new pedestrian and beek path that runs along the outer edge of the eastbound deck scheduled to open tuesday at noon. >> at the tunnel the new road surface is being prepared by this morning the upper deck was finished and lower deck was more than half done. paving will complete tomorrow on temporary on ramp from the island followed by lane striping. in fact grinding paving and striping is a big part of what is happening over the closure. 1.2 million square feet of asphalt ground or torn up and 14,000 tops of asphalt brought in to pave. asphalt truck coming from pleasanton special privileges on 5 80. >> during the morning commute hours they use 5 80. truck ban is still in effec

the connection to treasure and yurba buena island take another year to complete but over the 5 day labor day weekend closure these temporary wooden segment will connect the path on the oakland side from emeryville to the bridge. allowing cyclist and pedestrians to get up on the bridge and over the bay like never before. in this cal-trans animation the path is off to the right. tl southern side of the eastbound lanes. >> view off the bridge are just incredible. just tl top. back to oakland and also towards san francisco. >>reporter: today crews working underneath the bridge on the island hoisted segment of the temporary path up on to the deck. from there transported to the oakland end installed after section of the old upper deck demolished to make way for them. path is 1 15.8 feet wide. with 4.7 foot high railing. these temporary wooden seeing men have a plastic fine glass overlay seen here in gray. chp will be patrolling on bikes. >> weren't be any sort of separation between the pedestrians portion and bicycle portion aside from different painted roadway. so it's important for bicyclist