FACTS AT A GLANCE
LOCATION: State Route 92 between San Mateo and Alameda counties
STRUCTURE: Steel box girder and concrete trestle approach
spans
LENGTH: Highrise steel girder spans 1.9 miles, lowrise trestle
portion 5.1 miles
SHIPPING CHANNEL SPAN: 750 feet
VERTICAL CLEARANCE: 135 feet
OPENED TO TRAFFIC: October 1967, widened 2003
COST:
- Original structure: $70 million
- Widened structure: $200 million
AUTO TOLL: $4
COLLECTION: One way, westbound in Hayward
TRAFFIC LANES: Three in each direction
FY 2007-08 TOTAL TOLL-PAID VEHICLES: 14,357,716
FY 2007-08 TOTAL BASE TOLLS COLLECTED: $16,564,803 |
Once considered the worst evening commute in the Bay Area, the
San Mateo-Hayward Bridge dropped off the list of worst commutes
with the completion of the bridge’s widening in January 2003. Funded
as part of BATA’s RM 1 program, the low-rise trestle portion of the bridge
was widened by Caltrans from four to six lanes to match the configuration of
the high-rise portion of the bridge.
Safety on the bridge also has been improved, with the addition of full shoulders
along both low-rise trestles providing a safer refuge for disabled vehicles.
In addition, the seismic safety of the bridge was increased by Caltrans’ completion
of its bridge retrofit project in 2000.
As part of the effort to improve traffic flow and to relieve congestion on the
bridge and its approaches, work has begun on the RM 1-funded Interstate 880/State
Route 92 interchange in Hayward. This project is scheduled for completion in
2011.
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