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Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace in San Francisco, California typically on the third Sunday of May. The phrase "Bay to Breakers" reflects the fact that the race starts at the northeast end of the downtown area a few blocks from The Embarcadero (adjacent to San Francisco Bay) and runs west through the city to finish at the Great Highway (adjacent to the Pacific coast, where breakers crash ...
Mimicking the Dipsea Race, the runners started at the San Francisco Bayside of the city and ran over hilly streets to end at the Pacific Ocean. The race grew in popularity and in 1964 the name was changed to the Bay to Breakers. Today it is one of the largest footraces in the world with over 65,000 participants (a record 110,000 people entered ...
The Lincoln Highway, with its western terminus at Lincoln Park, was conceived and mapped in 1913 as the first coast-to-coast road across America, traversing 14 states. The original western terminus marker of the highway was located at the north end of the plaza and fountain in front of the Legion of Honor. Today, a replica of the western ...
The 49-Mile Scenic Drive is a designated scenic road tour highlighting much of San Francisco, California.It was created in 1938 by the San Francisco Down Town Association to showcase the city's major attractions and natural beauty during the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.
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In 1986, Eyestone won the San Francisco Bay to Breakers 12 km race, [4] defeating an estimated 110,000 competitors in what the Guinness Book of Records considers the world's largest footrace. [5] He remains the last American to have won this race, and the only American to have done so since 1981.
The proposed changes would include expanding the entry road by 3 feet on each side to allow for 12-foot-wide lanes. The Breakers would also install mountable curbs to separate the lanes, instead ...