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| (Station Photograph - click to enlarge) | (Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File) |
| CESMD |
| Information for Strong-Motion Station |
| Vallejo - Carquinez/I80 West Bridge |
| CGS - CSMIP Station 68185 |
| Earthquakes recorded by this station |
| Ambient Records for CE68185 |
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| (Station Photograph - click to enlarge) | (Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File) |
| Latitude | 38.0610 N |
| Longitude | 122.2265 W |
| Elevation (m) | -- |
| Site Geology | |
| Vs30 (m/sec) | |
| Site Class |
| No. of Spans | Suspension Bridge: 3; Approach Structures: 7 & 5 |
| Plan Shape | Suspension Bridge: Straight; Approach Structures: Curved |
| Total Length | Suspension Bridge: 3465' (1056m); Approach Structures: 496.5m & 173.3m |
| Width of Deck | Suspension Bridge: 89' (27.2m) |
| Construction Date | 2003 |
| Instrumentation | 2004. 76 sensors on the suspension bridge and 27 sensors on the approach structures. |
| Superstructure Type | Suspension Bridge: Steel box girder suspended by steel cables and supported by concrete towers with prestressed concrete struts. Approach Structures: continous concrete box girders with hinges supported on concrete columns. |
| Substructure Type | Suspenion Bridge: Concrete towers (2-legs). Approach structures: concrete columns; 1-3 columns per bent. |
| Foundation Type | Suspension Bridge: Concrete pile cap with 3m diameter CISS piles at towers. Approach Structures: CIDH piles |
| Remarks | This bridge was instrumented under the interagency agreement between Caltrans and DOC. |