San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Named in the records1931–2007
116 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1931–2007: 25 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 91 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 116: 25 Board decisions, 91 facts from city reports
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- 1931–2007
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The 60 most telling of its 116 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Mayor to appoint a supervisors' committee to meet federal officials about the proposed San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: Federal statute of 1931, amended 1953, sets the bridge as running from Rincon Hill district in San Francisco via Goat Island to Oakland | project | City report: Organizational and financial aspects of the proposed San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit system scanned page ↗ |
| 1931 | Federal statute for San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · event: Passed in 1931; amended in 1953 | event | City report: Organizational and financial aspects of the proposed San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit system scanned page ↗ |
| 1931 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: Bridge tolls must be used for operation, maintenance and repair of the present bridge and retirement of its indebtedness, under federal statute | project | City report: Organizational and financial aspects of the proposed San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit system scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-03-20 | The Board recessed to hold a hearing next day on plans for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge approaches and terminal. | hearing | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-03-04 | Motion approving rail transportation across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was carried. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-03-04 | Board considered the Public Utilities Commission report on bus and rail transit across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-07-29 | Hearing on proposed interurban rail contracts for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was deferred two weeks. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-08-20 | A hearing on proposed Embarcadero Terminal Plans for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was held, with no outcome yet printed. | hearing | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-09-10 | Supervisor McSheehy proposed rail contract conditions for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; laid over one week. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-07-13 | The Board endorsed the Chamber of Commerce request for a day when pedestrians may walk across the completed San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-11-02 | Lieutenant-Governor George J. Hatfield's recommendation on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge tolls was referred to the Finance Committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (SFOBB) · built year: completed | building | City report: Disposal and reuse of Naval Station Treasure Island : draft environmental impact statement scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-01-11 | Initiative banning billboards near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge passed second reading and goes to voters March 2, 1937. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-02-01 | Petition ordinance banning signboards near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was ordered submitted to voters on March 9, 1937. | submitted_to_voters | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · cost usd: Bridge toll for passenger cars 50 cents each way | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-12-19 | Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for the January 1939 dedication of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge rail terminal. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · event: Three transportation systems began running electric trains over the bridge | event | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: No other bridge, tunnel, ferry or crossing may be built or instituted within ten miles while bridge bonds are outstanding | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Joint Army-Navy Board bay crossing foundation survey · finding: suitable materials for bridge piers at comparable depths to present bridge | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · height ft: 214 feet vertical clearance above mean higher high water | building | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: six lanes (three in each direction) for passenger vehicles on upper deck | building | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: three lanes for truck and bus traffic on lower deck | building | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · finding: Unexpected and material diversion from interurban trains to private automobiles and buses | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge traffic predictions · finding: Estimates of total passengers quite accurate; volume by types practically the reverse of predictions | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · finding: increasing capacity by suspending brackets, reversing lanes, or using lower deck not considered practical | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · finding: reversing traffic in off-center lane during rush hours not practical due to uniform two-way traffic volume | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza · other: eight toll booths during peak hours in direction of major flow, instead of normal six | measure | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza · other: additional toll facilities scheduled for construction by the State | project | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Existing San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · finding: clearances were solely for the free movement of water-borne traffic; aviation was not a factor | finding | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Southern dam (bay crossing plan) · proposes: San Francisco terminus of southern dam located just south of the present San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge | project | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Subaqueous rapid-transit tube · recommendation: continuous subaqueous tube near the line of the present bridge, rapid-transit only | recommendation | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-10-31 | Board urged the State Department of Public Works to build additional approaches to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-11-07 | Mayor vetoed File 4859, a resolution urging the State Public Works Department to build more San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge approaches. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-11-21 | Mayor's veto sustained, so the resolution urging state work on more San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge approaches failed. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: within the survey area; not an external station; trans-bay traffic treated as external | site | City report: Transportation planning for San Francisco : a report on the planning procedure and planning and engineering techniques utilized in preparation of the San Francisco long-range circulation plan, 1946-1948 scanned page ↗ |
| 1951 | Combined capacity of South Barrier crossing and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: from 17,000,000 to 53,000,000 vehicles annually | finding | City report: Report on development of the San Francisco Bay region, prepared for the Fact-Finding Committee of the California Assembly on Tidelands Reclamation and Development, Related Traffic Problems and Relief of Congestion on Transbay Crossings, scanned page ↗ |
| 1951 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: Traffic density shown as a percentage of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge traffic | finding | City report: Report on development of the San Francisco Bay region, prepared for the Fact-Finding Committee of the California Assembly on Tidelands Reclamation and Development, Related Traffic Problems and Relief of Congestion on Transbay Crossings, scanned page ↗ |
| 1956 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: Bridge tolls not available for rapid transit unless federal statute is amended | finding | City report: Organizational and financial aspects of the proposed San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit system scanned page ↗ |
| 1956 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: revenue above maintenance and operating expenses about 9 million dollars a year, pledged to support bonds for additional Bay crossings | building | City report: Organizational and financial aspects of the proposed San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit system scanned page ↗ |
| 1956 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: All bonds of the bridge have been retired | finding | City report: Organizational and financial aspects of the proposed San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit system scanned page ↗ |
| 1961-05-15 | City backed state bill using Bay Bridge tolls for other crossings | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1966 | Rapid transit tube, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: Annual tolls and revenues of the Bay Bridge pledged to finance construction of the rapid transit tube | measure | City report: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Act and other important statutes. scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Bay Bridge · finding: BART caused removal of a substantial number of buses, effectively increasing vehicle-handling capacity | finding | City report: Trends in traffic patterns at the Bay Bridge and Caldecott Tunnel scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-02-25 | City urges state to allow Bay Bridge closures for hike-bike events. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989 | I-80/San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · other: failure in the 1989 Loma [name withheld] earthquake | event | City report: Riding out future quakes : pre-earthquake planning for post-earthquake transportation system recovery in the San Francisco Bay region scanned page ↗ |
| 1989 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · event: failure of the upper deck and a month-long closure of the bridge after [name withheld] earthquake | event | City report: Bay Bridge rail feasibility study scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | I-80 over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · finding: one of nine highest-concentration key facility corridors for pre-earthquake planning | finding | City report: Riding out future quakes : pre-earthquake planning for post-earthquake transportation system recovery in the San Francisco Bay region scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · finding: particularly subject to problems in the [name withheld] earthquake scenario | finding | City report: Riding out future quakes : pre-earthquake planning for post-earthquake transportation system recovery in the San Francisco Bay region scanned page ↗ |
| 2001 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge east span replacement · approved: 11,526 foot new east span approved by FHWA and Caltrans | project | City report: Disposal and reuse of Naval Station Treasure Island : draft environmental impact statement scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-07-22 | Bridge congestion-pricing vote for November ballot turned down. | rejected | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-07-22 | Board adopted a resolution urging state or regional legislation to create congestion pricing for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-07-22 | City urges state to add congestion charges on Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Southern Pacific electric trains · event: Curtailed operations; substantially stopped electric train operations over the bridge by July 1941 | event | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Sacramento Northern electric trains · event: Ceased operations over the bridge | event | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1947 | Key System H line · event: Key System curtailed operations on the H line | event | City report: Report of Joint Army-Navy Board on an additional crossing of San Francisco Bay scanned page ↗ |
| 1975 | BART transbay riders (Figure 2) · other: Prior mode of BART patrons, May 1974 and October 1974 surveys, East Bay and San Francisco only and transbay only | finding | City report: The Bay Area Rapid Transit System : current status and impacts / scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | BART Impact Program transbay travel survey · other: approximately 136,000 person-trips in the daytime, all purposes | finding | City report: A description of BART : its facilities, service and surroundings scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · built: constructed in the late 1930's | building | City report: Political influence in transportation planning : the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission's regional transportation plan scanned page ↗ |
| 2002 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge · built: Constructed, with Yerba Buena Island as center anchorage | event | City report: Disposal and reuse of Naval Station Treasure Island : draft environmental impact statement scanned page ↗ |
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