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The official name of the bridge for all functional purposes has always been the "San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge", and, by most local people, it is referred to simply as "the Bay Bridge". Rolph, a Mayor of San Francisco from 1912 to 1931, was the Governor of California at the time construction of the bridge began. He died in office on June 2 ...
San Francisco Bay: San Francisco and Oakland: San Francisco and Alameda: CA-33: Alvord Lake Bridge: Extant Reinforced concrete closed-spandrel arch: 1889 1984 Kezar Drive Golden Gate Park trail San Francisco: San Francisco
This new bridge was named the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, after an ironworker who worked on a number of the San Francisco Bay Area bridges, including the Golden Gate Bridge, and the original 1927 Carquinez span. The bridge was dedicated on November 8, 2003, and opened for traffic on November 11, 2003.
It is the part of San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge complex that crosses Yerba Buena Island. The Yerba Buena Tunnel carries ten lanes of Interstate 80 (I-80) on two decks, connecting the two component spans of the Bay Bridge, the western suspension span and the eastern self-anchored suspension span. At the opening of the Bay Bridge in 1936, it ...
Golden Gate Bridge: San Francisco with Marin County: 1.7 mi (2.7 km) US 101, SR 1: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge: Richmond in Contra Costa County with San Rafael in Marin County 5.5 mi (8.9 km) I-580: San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge: San Francisco with Oakland and the East Bay: 4.46 mi (7.18 km) I-80: San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
Before the bridge was built, the only practical short route between San Francisco and what is now Marin County was by boat across a section of San Francisco Bay. A ferry service began as early as 1820, with a regularly scheduled service beginning in the 1840s for the purpose of transporting water to San Francisco. [12]
The 1948 Transportation Plan for San Francisco, prepared by De Leuw, Cather and Company, included the Central Freeway. This elevated roadway would begin at the Bayshore Freeway – the approach to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge – near Division Street and head west and north around the periphery of downtown San Francisco.