Meet the Bay Bridge Troll and the Broadway Tunnel Dragon

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show, we hear the tale of the Bay Bridge Trolls, who have been keeping the Bay Bridge safe since 1989. Plus, we get to know more about an oft-overlooked but very cool dragon sculpture on the Broadway Tunnel in San Francisco. It's a transit sculpture special! Photos and Additional Reading: The Tale of the Bay Bridge Troll Hiding In Plain Sight: The Dragon Sitting on Top of S.F's Broadway Tunnel Reported by Christopher Beale and Rae Alexandra. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Carly Severn, Lina Blanco, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Jenny Pritchett.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Hey everyone, I'm Katrina Schwartz in for Olivia Allen Price, and you're listening to Bay Curious.
0:10.0	Every month, about 4 million trips are made across the San Francisco Bay Bridge,
0:15.0	making it the busiest bridge in the Bay Area.
0:18.0	It's a beautiful bridge.
0:20.0	There's the stately western span glittering in the night with its dancing lights and the new
0:25.3	eastern span modern and sheik with its swooping white cables.
0:29.9	But it's also harrowing.
0:31.5	All those drivers rushing to their busy lives, it can get a little crazy out there.
0:35.0	Which is why I was relieved to hear this bridge has what some consider to be a secret guardian, lurking under the eastern span, keeping us safe of the Bay Bridge troll.
1:00.0	Plus we'll get to know another piece of art, the Dragon over the Broadway tunnel in San Francisco.
1:05.0	It's a transit sculpture special here on Bay Curious.
1:09.0	Stay tuned.
1:10.0	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family-owned, operated and argued over.
1:21.0	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold and taste how
1:25.0	trailblazing runs in the family. Visit Sierra Nevada.com to find your new
1:30.0	favorite beer today. The legend of the Bay Bridge troll goes back to an
1:35.0	infamous day in Bay Area history, October 17th 1989. Oh my God we're having an
1:41.0	earthquake, wait a minute. Hold on.
1:43.0	The Loma Prieta earthquake struck at 504 p.m.
1:47.0	Right in the heart of afternoon rush hour.
1:49.0	A section of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge's eastern span collapsed onto the lower deck,
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