Interstate 80
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| January 1 2025 |
Carquinez Bridge
Toll increased to $8.
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| December 2024 |
Carquinez Bridge
Bay Area Toll Authority approved a plan for 50-cent annual toll increases between 2026 and 2030.
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| July 24 2022 | Deputy Matthew Yates was killed inside a trailer at Harmony Estates MHP while responding to a shooting report. A section of US 40 from Tuttle Road to state route 54 in South Vienna was designated as the 'Deputy Matthew Yates Memorial Highway' in his memory. |
| April 2022 |
Carquinez Bridge
Bay Area Toll Authority announced plans to remove unused toll booths and create an open-road tolling system.
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| January 1 2022 |
Carquinez Bridge
Toll increased to $7.
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| March 20 2020 |
Carquinez Bridge
All-electronic tolling implemented for all seven state-owned bridges, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| September 2019 |
Carquinez Bridge
Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved a $4 million plan to eliminate toll takers and convert to all-electronic tolling.
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| January 1 2019 |
Carquinez Bridge
Toll increased to $6.
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| January 1 2019 |
Carquinez Bridge
Toll increased to $6 following Regional Measure 3 approval by Bay Area voters in June 2018.
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| 2018 | Business Loop 70 was extended east across Hinkson Creek, then south as an outer road to US Route 63, changing the route's previous entrance configuration. |
| December 2018 |
Parleys Canyon
A $5 million wildlife overpass was completed over Interstate 80 in Parleys Canyon, spanning 50 feet wide and 320 feet long. The project includes 3.5 miles of fencing to guide wildlife safely across the highway near exit 140.
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| June 2018 |
Carquinez Bridge
Bay Area voters approved Regional Measure 3 to raise bridge tolls for transportation improvements.
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| October 2016 |
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
Prior to this month, the bike path did not connect to Yerba Buena and Treasure Island sidewalks due to ongoing demolition of the old eastern section.
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| September 2 2013 |
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
The replacement eastern span of the Bay Bridge opened for traffic, five days after the closure of the original eastern section.
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| July 2010 |
Carquinez Bridge
Toll increased to $5 due to funding shortages for seismic retrofit projects.
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