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The Richmond–San Rafael Bridge (officially renamed the John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge in 1981 [3]) is the northernmost of the east–west crossings of California's San Francisco Bay, carrying Interstate 580 from Richmond on the east to San Rafael on the west.
The southernmost of the Pasadena Arroyo Seco bridges, the San Rafael Bridge was constructed in 1922 in Pasadena, California. [1] Like the Colorado Street Bridge built in 1913 and La Loma Bridge (renamed John K. Van De Kamp Bridge in 2017) built in 1914, the San Rafael Bridge is an open-spandrel concrete arch bridge that is open to pedestrians and car traffic. [2]
The closure cut Marin County off from the San Francisco Peninsula. Thousands of Marin County residents were stranded in San Francisco who could not figure out how to get to Marin by using the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge I-580 or the bus lines that serve Marin from the East Bay. [10]
The bridge was not insured and Hughes received $3,000 from FEMA. Replacing the bridge, which isn't owned by the town or the state, will cost Hughes and his four neighbors at least $100,000.
Interstate 580 (I-580) is an approximately 76-mile-long (122 km) east–west auxiliary Interstate Highway in Northern California.The heavily traveled spur route of I-80 runs from US Route 101 (US 101) in San Rafael in the San Francisco Bay Area to I-5 at a point outside the southern city limits of Tracy in the Central Valley.
But today, the Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge is closed again after federal officials raised concerns about a vintage section of the nearly century-old bridge that carried about 15,000 vehicles a day.
Golden Gate Bridge: San Francisco with Marin County: 1.7 mi (2.7 km) US 101, SR 1: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge: Richmond in Contra Costa County with San Rafael in Marin County 5.5 mi (8.9 km) I-580: San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge: San Francisco with Oakland and the East Bay: 4.46 mi (7.18 km) I-80: San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
Busy Rhode Island bridge closed suddenly after structural problem found, and repair will take months. December 12, 2023 at 11:24 AM.