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A visitor center and gift shop, originally called the "Bridge Pavilion" (since renamed the "Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center"), is located on the San Francisco side of the bridge, adjacent to the southeast parking lot. It opened in 2012, in time for the bridge's 75th-anniversary celebration.
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 ...
The Portsmouth Square pedestrian bridge is a prominent architectural landmark in Chinatown, San Francisco that spans over Kearny Street from Portsmouth Square to the second floor and third floor of the Hilton San Francisco Financial District hotel, which houses the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco. [1] [2] While the bridge is ostensibly ...
Pages in category "Bridges in the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge;
The Dumbarton Bridge and its adjacent powerline towers. The Dumbarton Bridge is the southernmost of the highway bridges across San Francisco Bay in California.Carrying over 70,000 vehicles [1] and about 118 pedestrian and bicycle crossings daily [2] (384 on weekends [3]), it is the shortest bridge across San Francisco Bay at 1.63 miles (8,600 ft; 2,620 m).
Yerba Buena Island (Spanish: Isla Yerba Buena) [2] sits in San Francisco Bay within the borders of the City and County of San Francisco.The Yerba Buena Tunnel runs through its center and connects the western and eastern spans of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, linking the city with Oakland, California.
A man involved in a collision on the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge fled the scene by jumping into the water, the California Highway Patrol said.
Embarcadero Center consists of four 30- to 45-story buildings and the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, located between the Ferry Building and the foot of Market Street. Until 2001, there was a viewing deck on top of the Embarcadero Center.