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Photographer: Photos Courtesy of the San Mateo County History Museum
Caption: Photos Displayed on Marker
Additional Description: Left Side Photos:
Images from top to bottom: Promoters said the San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge would become the gateway to the Sacramento and San Joaquin River valleys.

The construction of the San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge began in March 1928. Three months later, piers and caps were in place for installation of the roadway slabs.

Right Side Photos:
Images from top to bottom: Construction photo of one section of the 300-foot gothic style drawbridge over the shipping channel.

The new bridge cost $70 million and handled up to 16,000 vehicles a day. A bridge widening project in 2003 increased the carrying capacity of the bridge with a total of three lanes in each directions.
Submitted: March 17, 2010, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p100805
File Size: 0.407 Megabytes

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