FACTS AT A GLANCE

LOCATION: Interstate 80 between Contra Costa and Solano counties near Vallejo

STRUCTURE:

• Steel cantilever truss (eastbound span)
• Main cable catenary suspension (westbound span)

LENGTH:

• 0.8 miles (eastbound span)
• 0.7 miles (westbound span)

VERTICAL CLEARANCE: 148 feet

CHANNEL SPAN: 1,100 feet

TOWER HEIGHT :

• 314 feet (eastbound span)
• 420 feet (north tower of westbound span)
• 403 feet (south tower of westbound span)

OPENED:

• Original structure: May 1927
  
• Eastbound structure: November 1958
  
• Westbound Structure: November 2003

COST:

• 1927 Structure: $8 million
  
• 1958 Structure: $38 million
  
• 2003 Structure: $240 million

AUTO TOLL: $5
CARPOOLS: $2.50

COLLECTION: One way, eastbound in Vallejo

TRAFFIC LANES:

• 1927 structure: demolished
  
• 1958 structure: four lanes eastbound
  
• 2003 structure: four lanes westbound

FY 2010-11 TOTAL TOLL-PAID VEHICLES: 19,593,050

FY 2010-11 TOTAL TOLLS COLLECTED: $103,769,991

The Carquinez Bridge is actually two bridges. The original crossing opened in 1927, and to accommodate the ever-increasing traffic flow on Interstate 80, Caltrans in 1958 constructed a parallel bridge to function as the eastbound span. The original span was replaced in 2003 by a graceful new suspension bridge, which carries westbound vehicular traffic across the Carquinez Strait as well as bicycles and pedestrians on a bicycle and pedestrian pathway.

The bridge is named for the late Bay Area iron worker Al Zampa, who helped construct the original Carquinez Bridge as well as other Bay Area toll bridges.

See also: Carquinez Bridge Replacement

See also: Seismic Retrofit Program

See also: Caltrans' toll bridge page

See also: alzampabridge.com