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Lefty O'Doul Bridge

Bridge in San Francisco

Summary

Bridge in San Francisco

Field	Value
bridge_name	Lefty O'Doul Bridge
image	File:Lefty O'Doul Bridge.jpg
caption	The bridge as seen from Oracle Park
carries	Cars, bicycles, pedestrians
crosses	Mission Creek
locale	San Francisco, California
named_for	Lefty O'Doul
designer	Joseph Strauss
design	Bascule bridge
open	May 12, 1933
cost	$640,000
lanes	5
toll	None
coordinates

The Lefty O'Doul Bridge (originally the Third Street Bridge and China Basin Bridge) is a bascule bridge connecting the China Basin and Mission Bay neighborhoods of San Francisco, carrying Third Street across the Mission Creek Channel. It is located directly adjacent to Oracle Park.

History

The bridge opened on May 12, 1933, at a ceremony attended by Mayor Angelo Joseph Rossi, having been designed by Joseph Strauss, chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge. At the time, it carried pedestrians, automobiles, streetcars, and trains. It was retrofitted in 1999, prior to the opening of the adjacent ballpark, originally named Pacific Bell Park.

Usage

The bridge carries four lanes of car traffic and a bidirectional, class IV (on-street protected) bike lane.

In popular culture

The bridge has been featured as a key location in three films: The third Dirty Harry film The Enforcer (1976), the James Bond movie A View to a Kill (1985) (where Bond drives a fire truck over the opened bridge), and San Andreas (2015).

References

(May 13, 1933). "$640,000 Span Carries First Traffic". [[The San Francisco Examiner]].
(May 13, 1933). "Third Street Bridge Opens". [[The San Francisco Examiner]].
Salter, Stephanie. (August 17, 1986). "O'Doul proves S.F. never too big for its bridges". [[The San Francisco Examiner]].
Salter, Stephanie. (August 17, 1986). "O'Doul proves S.F. never too big for its bridges (cont'd)". [[The San Francisco Examiner]].
Delgado, Ray. (July 13, 1999). "Third Street drawbridge to be closed 15 weeks". [[The San Francisco Examiner]].
"Third Street Bridge Bikeway Connection {{!}} SFMTA".
(31 December 2017). "What’s up with Lefty O’Doul Bridge? It’s locked for repairs, reaching skyward during closure.".

Wikipedia Source

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