Also, you may enjoy browsing this dizzying, animated version of the timeline produced by David Cohn.

The Bay Bridge Report was produced Dec. 8, 2009, in collaboration with the San Francisco Panorama newspaper, which was published by McSweeney’s. Help fund this story and others like it at Spot.Us.

UNPARALLELED BRIDGE, UNPRECEDENTED COST

HOW WALL STREET PROFITS FROM BRIDGE BUILDING

BUILDING THE BAY’S SIGNATURE SPAN

THE FINE PRINT: INTEREST DOUBLES THE TOTAL PRICE TAG

TIMELINE FOR THE BAY BRIDGE

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION OF THE BAY BRIDGE

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Mike Adamick covered the Bay Bridge project for three years as a reporter for the Contra Costa Times. Now, as a stay-at-home dad, his writing appears regularly on NPR, the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.