Two men arrested by CHP after climbing new Bay Bridge tower

Two young men were arrested for trespassing Sunday after scaling the 525-foot tower at the end of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge, said Officer Vu Williams, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol. The men, who are 18 and 23 years old, walked up the bike path on the southern side of the new bridge and then climbed over a railing that separates the path from the tower, Williams said. By the time CHP officers arrived, the pair, whose names were not released, were headed back down. “We ask that people, for their own safety as well as the safety of the motorists, stay on designated paths,” Williams said.