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The High Street Bridge is a double-leaf bascule drawbridge spanning 296 feet of the Oakland Estuary in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. It links the cities of Oakland and Alameda. The bridge is opened approximately 1,400 times annually and carries an average of 26,000 vehicles per year.
On May 25, 1931, Governor James Rolph Jr. signed into law two acts: one providing for the financing of state bridges by revenue bonds, and another creating the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge Division of the State Department of Public Works. On September 15, 1931, this new division opened its offices at 500 Sansome Street in San Francisco. [29]
Legislative Route 224 (LR 224) was defined in 1947 to connect U.S. Route 101 (US 101, pre-1964 Legislative Route 2) at the intersection of Lombard Street and Van Ness Avenue with US 40 and US 50 (pre-1964 Legislative Route 68) at the west end of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (near the Transbay Terminal).
The bridge had been closed since June as part of an $8.2 million project that demolished the old dam and rebuilt ... The new High Street bridge over the Town River in Bridgewater is open for ...
High Street Bridge Bay Farm Island Bridge Although the estuary was used by Native American tribes inhabiting the local area since about 4000 BC, the earliest recorded history of the Oakland Estuary dates primarily from events extending back to the 19th century, as detailed in a research study conducted by Earth Metrics for the U.S. Army Corps ...
Oct. 16—Demolition work that was expected to take place this weekend on the Fourth Street NW bridge over Interstate-90 has been pushed back a few weeks, while the Oakland Avenue bridge is ...
The Oakland Estuary (then known as San Antonio Creek) was first crossed by the Webster Street swing bridge for narrow gauge rail and road traffic, completed in 1871. [2] [3] [4] A second crossing was added in 1873 as the Alice Street swing bridge, [5] built for Central Pacific (later Southern Pacific) rail traffic.
* Oakland Avenue West (Highway 105), replace in 2024, detours started in April * I-90 over Sixth Street Northeast, rehabilitate in 2024-2025, detours started in May