Temporary Lane Closures at Dumbarton Bridge Toll Plaza

OAKLAND, CA — Motorists may experience periodic delays at the Dumbarton Bridge toll plaza over the next two weeks as Caltrans and the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) make temporary lane changes in order to install a new automated toll collection and accounting system.

Beginning Mon., May 13, and continuing through Thurs., May 16, a single lane at the toll plaza will be closed each day from 9:30 a.m. until 6 a.m. the following morning to accommodate system upgrades. This work will begin with toll lane #6 on Monday, followed by toll lane #5 on Tuesday, toll lane #4 on Wednesday, and toll lane #3 on Thursday. 

Toll lane #7 at the far right side of the toll plaza will be closed on Sat., May 18, from 5 a.m. until Sun., May 19, at 10 p.m.  Equipment installations will resume Mon., May 20, with the closure of toll lane #2 from 9: 30 a.m. until 6 a.m. the following morning, and will conclude with the closure of toll lane #1 at the far left side of the toll plaza from 9:30 a.m. on Tues., May 21, until 6 a.m. on Wed., May 22. 

Following completion of the equipment installation at the Dumbarton Bridge toll plaza, contractors working for BATA, in conjunction with Caltrans staff, will be performing similar work in the months ahead at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza. Workers last month completed the installation of new toll collection equipment at the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge toll plaza. Similar projects also have been completed at the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez and Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plazas.

            

BATA, which is directed by the same policy board as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), administers toll revenues from the region's state-owned toll bridges. MTC is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Caltrans owns, operates and maintains the state highway system, including seven Bay Area toll bridges.

Contact:

John Goodwin, BATA: (415) 778-5262

Bob Haus, Caltrans: (510) 286-5576