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A view of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza in 2008. The center and right toll booths are labeled "Fastrak Only", while the left toll booth accepts cash and Fastrak. Cash payment was phased out during the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced with license plate tolling, and now all booths read "Fastrak or Invoice" other than the HOV lane.
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.
Caltrans owns and operates the toll bridges and is responsible for the construction of the voter-approved RM 1 projects, including a new span for the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, a replacement for the west span of the Carquinez Bridge, and widening the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. BATA is responsible for funding and overseeing the RM 1 bridge program.
Each of the bridges collect separate tolls, and all of them accept payment through FasTrak, an electronic toll collection system used in the state of California. Seven of these eight bridges are owned directly by the state of California, while the Golden Gate Bridge is owned and operated by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation ...
The tolls on what was a free bridge since it's construction are now diverting too much traffic to the free bridge and causing congestion and an overburdened flow.
However, there are four toll roads in Southern California, and eight toll bridges in the San Francisco Bay Area (including the state's most famous highway bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge). These toll facilities, along with several high-occupancy toll lanes , use the statewide electronic toll collection system known as FasTrak .
The toll bridge, which carried Interstate 695 across the entrance to Baltimore's harbor, was destroyed in March when a container ship collided with one of its supports. Rebuilding the bridge will ...
Traffic travels across the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Thursday night Jan. 11, 2024 as crews close the right lanes going in and out of town to traffic.