It's a nearly unheard-of scenario: a San Francisco construction project finishing ahead of schedule.
Technically, the project is just outside the city: it's the eastern span of the new Bay Bridge, stretching from Yerba Buena Island to the East Bay.
Initially slated to be done in mid-2014, planners are now on-target for late 2013. So, start stocking up now on bottles of champagne, or however people celebrate bridge-christenings.
The early completion will cost a little extra -- about $106 million, according to the CC Times. But there's plenty of money in the "rainy day" contingency fund, currently around $320 million, to cover the accelerated time frame.
Meanwhile, other major infrastructure projects are inching along. Though the site of the new Transbay Terminal remains a big hole in the ground, a new sculpture is in the works for the corner of Mission and Fremont.
Resembling a giant robot, the sculpture will be constructed out of debris salvaged from the old terminal. It's scheduled to appear sometime in 2015, with the terminal completed in 2017.
New Bay Bridge on Track for Early Finish
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