Any discussion about the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge isn't complete without the massive history of the structure. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Bay Bridge) is a double decker suspension span carrying I-80 over San Francisco Bay. The Bay Bridge at its longest length carrying the westbound lanes of I-80 is 1.95 miles which is slightly longer 1.92 mile length of the eastbound lanes. The Bay Bridge includes an central anchorage point on Yerba Buena Island. This probably goes without saying but the Bay Bride is one of the signature automotive spans in San Francisco Bay Area and California. Calls for a bridge span between San Francisco and Oakland date back to the California Gold Rush. An advisory committee known as the "Bay Bridge Committee" formed in 1872 seeking to have a line of the Central Pacific routed between San Francisco and Oakland. Various other failed concepts rose in the ensuing decades (including a tube) but not truly had muc...
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