Politics & Government

Fixed: The Groove is Gone from Austin Gibbon Bridge

Workers fill in that tire-grabbing groove.

Workers from Viking Construction were busy Tuesday filling in a tire-grabbing groove on the , the bicycle and pedestrian bridge over I-780 at Rose Drive. 

Benicia Patch contributing columnist Ed Brennan, a member of the Benicia Bicycle Club and a life-long bicycling enthusiast, first wrote about the groove in his column published during the Labor Day weekend.

The groove was wide enough that it continually posed a hazard to bicyclists using the bridge to avoid traffic while commuting from Benicia to Vallejo.

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