San Francisco Bay Crossing
Named in the records1921–2000
53 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1921–2000: 16 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 37 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 53: 16 Board decisions, 37 facts from city reports
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- 1921–2000
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All 53 records, in date order. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | War Department policy 1921, San Francisco Bay crossing · approved: tunnel crossing the bay approved in any location, structure at least 50 feet below mean lower low water | measure | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1921 | War Department policy 1921, San Francisco Bay crossing · other: tunnel on San Francisco side kept unobstructed to 50 feet depth at mean lower low water for 3,000 feet width | measure | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-01-17 | Supervisor Havenner proposed a resolution to form a public bridge district for a San Francisco Bay crossing. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929 | Hoover-Young San Francisco Bay Bridge Commission · alternative: five possible locations for a crossing considered; general location of present high-level bridge recommended | alternative | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1946 | Additional San Francisco Bay crossing · finding: Strong demand by the City and County of San Francisco for bringing main-line railroad trains into San Francisco, unsupported by a proved need | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-04-22 | Supervisors Gallagher and Lewis propose urging federal agencies and Congress to build another San Francisco Bay crossing. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-04-29 | Board postponed one week a proposed $37,500 (≈ $647,962 in 2026 dollars) city contribution to a state study of a second San Francisco Bay crossing. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-05-27 | A committee resolution asks federal authorities to fully consider the Reber Plan for a second San Francisco Bay crossing. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Transbay subaqueous tube · finding: Tube not recommended at this time; immediate need is relief for transbay automobile vehicular traffic | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Causeway-tube crossing · cost usd: $750,000 per year | alternative | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Alameda County group · finding: Alameda group presented figures indicating the present bridge would be overtaxed before another could be completed | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Alameda County group · recommendation: Location and type of structure should be determined by a comprehensive engineering study by the California Toll Bridge Authority | recommendation | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Alameda County group · recommendation: Unalterably opposed to the Reber Plan or any modification that would interfere with present or proposed port facilities | recommendation | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Reber Plan · other: Objected to by shipping group for expense, delay, and hazard from lockage through the dam | project | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Greyhound Bus Company · proposes: Four lanes for bus and truck traffic on any new crossing | agency | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Existing Bay Bridge · other: Rail revenues are 8 per cent while rail facilities cost 23 per cent of total bridge cost | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Key System · proposes: Four tracks instead of two, with a location near the existing bridge | agency | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco Bay crossing · recommendation: asked for rail facilities on the crossing | recommendation | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Additional crossing of San Francisco Bay (tube road clearances) · recommendation: Vertical clearance above the crown of the roadway not less than 14 feet | recommendation | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | additional crossing of San Francisco Bay (cross-bay rapid transit) · finding: subways furnish the more practicable solution for trains to avoid vehicular traffic | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Proposed super freeway across San Francisco Bay · other: super freeway would provide some 32 highway lanes | project | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Reber Plan · finding: no greater relief to automobile vehicular congestion than a high-level bridge at the same location | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Additional San Francisco Bay crossing (Bay Farm Island route) · proposes: Crossing on an axis in line with Bay Farm Island, just north of Hunter Point | alternative | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Second bay crossing (causeway-tube) · finding: practicable from an engineering standpoint and economically feasible | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | central crossing of San Francisco Bay · other: located closest to the center of demand, half a mile distant | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | south crossing of San Francisco Bay · finding: would serve the present pattern of traffic reasonably well | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Bay crossing alternatives · cost usd: Construction, crossing proper: 75,371,600 / 74,791,000 / 76,525,000 (columns as printed) | alternative | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Bay crossing alternatives, real estate · cost usd: Real Estate: 27,993,000 / 19,680,000 / 16,605,000 (columns as printed) | alternative | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Bay crossing alternatives, total grand cost · cost usd: Total Grand Cost: $287,000,000 / $235,000,000 / $261,000,000 (round figures, columns as printed) | alternative | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-03-10 | Supervisors Christopher, Gallagher and McMurray propose petitioning the Governor on a second San Francisco Bay crossing. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-05-26 | Resolution proposed asking the Governor to seek a federal-state commission studying a second San Francisco Bay crossing. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-04-21 | A resolution on a joint meeting about an additional San Francisco Bay crossing was recalled from committee to the Board. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-04-28 | Consideration of a resolution urging meetings on a new San Francisco Bay crossing was continued one week. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-05-05 | Board temporarily postponed a resolution urging officials to meet on the location of an additional San Francisco Bay crossing. | tabled | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-10-13 | The Board adopted, as amended, a resolution assenting to a changed location for the southern San Francisco Bay crossing. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-10-13 | Resolution assenting to a changed location for the southern San Francisco Bay crossing was adopted as amended. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-05-12 | Resolution opposing a twin or parallel San Francisco Bay crossing was referred back to the County, State and National Affairs Committee for study. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-06-04 | A resolution urging a southern San Francisco Bay crossing with a western end at [name withheld] was sent back to committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-10-26 | A proposal urging a southern San Francisco Bay crossing to [name withheld] was sent back to committee for rehearing. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1965-02-01 | A resolution urging a Southern San Francisco Bay Crossing from northern San Mateo County to Alameda County was tabled. | tabled | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | BART-auto work trips · other: 718 individuals sampled; 399 chose BART and 319 chose automobile | finding | City report: Explanatory modeling of transbay travel choice : working paper scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | BART-auto work trips · other: six attributes significant at the 5% level in the mode-choice decision, same six in all four models | finding | City report: Explanatory modeling of transbay travel choice : working paper scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | BART-auto work trips · other: at least 71% of travelers correctly classified by any of the four models | finding | City report: Explanatory modeling of transbay travel choice : working paper scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | BART-Auto nonwork trip sample · other: 143 individuals; 90 chose BART, 53 chose automobile | finding | City report: Explanatory modeling of transbay travel choice : working paper scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | BART-Auto nonwork trip choice models · finding: More than 72% of individuals are correctly classified | finding | City report: Explanatory modeling of transbay travel choice : working paper scanned page ↗ |
| 1990-02-20 | Norman Rolfe was appointed to the San Francisco Bay Crossing Study Advisory Committee on the recommendation of Supervisor Britt. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Public hearings on additional San Francisco Bay crossing · event: Public hearings held in Polk Hall, Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, continued four days | event | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | State study of an additional San Francisco Bay bridge · event: State studies not completed until about January 1, 1947 | event | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Joint Army-Navy Board additional bay crossing · recommendation: electric rapid-transit system in a centrally located subaqueous tube devoted solely to mass transportation across the bay | recommendation | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 2000 | San Francisco Bay Crossing study · event: MTC has initiated the San Francisco Bay Crossing study | project | City report: Bay Bridge rail feasibility study scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Transbay Bridge · recommendation: No provisions for main-line railroad traffic on any bridge; main-line traffic brought in by tube when economically feasible | recommendation | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Transbay Bridge · alternative: Bridge-type crossings only considered; three possible locations recommended | alternative | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | State study of an additional San Francisco Bay bridge · lead agency: Department of Public Works (State), directed by California State Toll Bridge Authority | event | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
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