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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge double-decked structure, W Calif.; built 1933-36. It has a total length of 8.25 mi (13.2 km). From San Francisco it crosses the bay to Yerba Buena Island, where a tunnel connects with spans leading to Oakland and Berkeley. The bridge sustained significant damage in the severe 1989 October earthquake that hit the Bay Area.

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