Get ready to say ‘Wow’: Long Beach’s new bridge is ready for its debut

Finally.
After seven years and more than a billion dollars, the long-awaited “Wow” moment is ready to unfold. Long Beach’s new, spectacular cable-stay bridge will debut with “virtual” fanfare on Friday, Oct. 2, and will open to traffic three days later.
“It’s so exciting for us,” said Long Beach harbor commissioner and past president Bonnie Lowenthal. “And it’s exciting for the nation to have a modern bridge that will accommodate 15% of