Bay Bridge

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The Bay Bridge is a major suspension bridge complex in the San Francisco Bay Area that connects San Francisco and Oakland across San Francisco Bay.

Aliases (1)
  • Bay Bridge Series ×1

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge complex
suspension bridge
toll bridge
affectedBy 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
carries motor vehicle traffic
connects Oakland
San Francisco
constructionStart 1933
crosses San Francisco Bay
Yerba Buena Island
damageEvent collapse of a section of the original eastern span in 1989
design self-anchored suspension bridge (new eastern span)
suspension bridge (western span)
easternSpanReplacementCompletion 2013
easternSpanReplacementOpening September 2013
hasComponent Yerba Buena Tunnel
eastern span
western span
hasLaneCount multiple lanes in each direction
isIconicStructureOf San Francisco Bay Area
isMajorRouteBetween San Francisco and East Bay
length approximately 4.46 miles
approximately 7.18 km
locatedIn California
San Francisco Bay Area
United States
lowerDeckDirection eastbound (current configuration)
maintainedBy California Department of Transportation
namedAfter Oakland
San Francisco
officialName San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
opened 1936
openedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt (via telegraph signal)
openedToTraffic November 12, 1936
owner State of California
parallelTo San Francisco–Oakland ferry routes
partOf Interstate 80
passesThrough Yerba Buena Island
previousTollCollection cash tolls
regionServed San Francisco Bay Area
replaced original eastern span of the Bay Bridge
shortName Bay Bridge
tollCollection electronic tolling
tollDirection westbound
trafficType automobiles
trucks
upperDeckDirection westbound (current configuration)

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Coit Tower
Pier 39
Telegraph Hill
Treasure Island
Yerba Buena Island
hasViewOf
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
alsoKnownAs
San Francisco Bay Area
hasLandmark
Pioneer Park
hasView
1989 World Series ("Bay Bridge Series")
nickname
Bay Bridge
shortName

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