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People are directed around the Salesforce Transit Center following its closure Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in San Francisco. San Francisco officials shut down the city's celebrated new $2.2 billion transit terminal Tuesday after discovering a crack in a support beam under the center's public roof garden. Coined the &quot;Grand Central of the West,&quot; the Salesforce Transit Center opened in August near the heart of downtown after nearly a decade of construction. It was expected to accommodate 100,000 passengers each weekday, and up to 45 million people a year. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The Latest: Temporarily shoring up 2 beams is a priority

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FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 15, 2018, tourists take photos inside the new San Francisco Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco. San Francisco officials shut down the city's $2.2 billion transit terminal Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, after a crack was found in a steel beam. (AP Photo/Lorin Eleni Gill, File)

Crack in beam shuts down San Francisco’s new $2B terminal

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 15, 2018, food trucks line up outside the new Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco. San Francisco officials shut down the city's $2.2 billion transit terminal Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, after a crack was found in a steel beam. (AP Photo/Lorin Eleni Gill, File)

The Latest: Workers discovered cracked beam near ceiling

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