Regional Measure 1 Toll Bridge Program

In November 1988, Bay Area voters approved Regional Measure 1 (RM 1), which authorized a standard auto toll of $1 for all seven state-owned Bay Area toll bridges. The additional revenues generated by the toll increase were identified for use for certain highway and bridge improvements, public transit rail extensions, and other projects that reduce congestion in the bridge corridors.

The toll bridge projects identified by RM 1 can be itemized as follows:

Northern Bridge Group Projects:

• Construction of a new bridge parallel to the existing Benicia-Martinez Bridge (under construction)

• Replacement of the existing western span of the Carquinez Bridge (completed)

• Major rehabilitation of the existing Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
  • trestle and fender rehabilitation (completed)
  • deck replacement (in design)

• Richmond Parkway (completed)

Southern Bridge Group Projects:

• Improvements to the western approaches to the Dumbarton Bridge
  • US 101/University Avenue interchange reconstruction (completed)
  • State Route 84 (Bayfront Expressway Widening) widening (completed)
• Widening of the existing San Mateo-Hayward Bridge and approaches to six lanes (completed)
• Improvement of the Interstate 880/State Route 92 interchange (in design)

Prior to the existence of BATA, Caltrans completed, as part of RM 1, the widening of the existing Benicia-Martinez Bridge and the construction of the West Grand Avenue connector to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.