Bay Bridge detours to start in May

Michael Cabanatuan, Chronicle Staff Writer

San Francisco Chronicle February 18, 2011 04:00 AM Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Coming soon, and just in time for the summer travel season: another traffic shift on the Bay Bridge.

In late May, perhaps over Memorial Day weekend, Caltrans crews will move eastbound traffic coming off the bridge in Oakland to the south as the start of a complex effort to open both directions of the $6.3 billion new east span in 2013.

Bridge officials say that this realignment shouldn’t be as dramatic, challenging or commute-changing as the infamous S-curve on the east span or the bobsled run that was created during the reconstruction of the San Francisco approach to the bridge. But they’re not taking any chances, launching a full-scale campaign to let drivers know that part of their familiar commute is changing – again.

“The curves are easier than what’s in the S-curve and much less than what we did in San Francisco,” said Bart Ney, Caltrans spokesman. “But … people need to know that a change is coming.”