We are generally concerned with shortening driving times and offsetting tolls when it comes to suspension bridges. However, sSuspension bridges can also become symbols of the areas where they are built. San Francisco might be near the top of the list of recognizable cities thanks to their bridges, alongside Pittsburgh and Venice. OLDby alifornia The Golden Gate Bridgetwo international orange towers, carpeted by fog, is an image that evokes the city for many people. A close second might be bay bridgeglow fiber’s. However, those lights could go out forever on Sunday.
Caltrans will turn off the Bay lights indefinitely, an art installation on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, on Sunday. Based on NBC Bay Area, the decision was made because most of the light sculptures designed by artist Leo Villareal were damaged and too expensive to repair. light, non-profit public art originally installed Bay Lights, trying to raise $11 million in an effort to save and fully restore the project.
The 25,000 LED sculpture was installed on the bridge’s 300 cables in March 2013. The Bay Lights were only on display for a few years, but it was made permanent in 2016. In 2015, The Gulf Collection Agency has approved a $2.1 million contract for Philips Lighting North America Corporation to maintain the Bay Lights for the next ten years. According to SFistIlluminate estimates it will cost 12 million USD to maintain throughout the contract and the nonprofit raised funds. Even so, it seems that amount is not enough to maintain.
Hopefully the money can be donated to save the Bay Lights. Transport infrastructure exists for functionality, but form should also considered in the design and maintenance of public structures in the daily lives of millions of people.
