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The Carquinez Bridge is a pair of parallel bridges spanning the Carquinez Strait at the northeastern end of San Francisco Bay. They form the part of Interstate 80 between Crockett and Vallejo , California , United States.
A rail ferry, with the ferries Contra Costa and Solano provided service across the strait from 1878 near the location of the current rail bridge until the rail bridge was built in 1930. [5] Tall pylons carrying power lines cross the strait as well. The Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing was the world's first powerline crossing of a large river.
Air currents from the Bay and North Bay-Napa area drift through the Carquinez Strait, said Ian Faloona, an atmospheric scientist and professor at the University of California, Davis.
The largest coastal gap is the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay which also communicates via the Bay with the Carquinez Strait and the Central Valley. [7] As the city of San Francisco lies adjacent to the Golden Gate, it is often subject to the fog and low clouds blowing in on the marine layer.
Carquinez Bridge East bridge: 335 m (1,099 ft) 1,000 m (3,300 ft) Cantilever Steel 4 lanes 152+335+45+335 +152: Interstate 80 Carquinez Strait. 1927 1958:
The Delta was formed by rising sea level following glaciation, leading to the accumulation of Sacramento and San Joaquin River sediments behind the Carquinez Strait, the sole outlet from the Central Valley to San Pablo Bay. The narrowness of the Carquinez Strait coupled with tidal action has caused the sediment to pile up, forming expansive ...
The Benicia–Martinez Bridge refers to three parallel bridges which cross the Carquinez Strait just west of Suisun Bay in California; the spans link Benicia on the north side with Martinez on the south. The original 1.2-mile (1.9 km) deck truss bridge opened in 1962 to replace the last automotive ferry service in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Carquinez Strait — part of the tidal estuary of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta drain into San Francisco Bay, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The strait connects Suisun Bay in the delta with San Pablo Bay .