Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Westbound to Close for Nine Hours Tonight for Open-Road Tolling Gantry Installation
Caltrans District 4 has announced that the westbound direction of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will be fully closed for nine hours, from 11 p.m. on Saturday, November 14 to 8 a.m. on Sunday, November 15, beginning around Canal Street and Castro Street, so crews can install a new overhead toll gantry system; drivers should plan alternate routes.
The bridge will become the first state-owned bridge in the Bay Area to convert to open-road tolling with overhead readers: instead of slowing down at a toll plaza, drivers will be charged automatically as gantry-mounted equipment reads license plates and FasTrak tags at highway speed. The bridge's bicycle and pedestrian path will also be closed during the work.
The signed detour takes westbound drivers onto State Route 37 westbound and then south on U.S. Highway 101 toward the Marin County side. Trips from the East Bay toward Marin County and San Rafael will take considerably longer, and drivers are advised to allow extra time.
The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge carries Interstate 580 across the northern reach of San Francisco Bay between Richmond in Contra Costa County and San Rafael in Marin County, handling heavy cross-bay commute traffic on weekdays — which is why the closure is scheduled for the late-Saturday-night to early-Sunday window.
(Source: California Department of Transportation)
Source: California Department of Transportation
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