The Bay Lights, Oakland

Name: The Bay Lights
Address: Oakland, United States

#131 among attractions in Oakland

Museum, Art gallery

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The Bay Lights is a site-specific monumental light sculpture and generative art installation on the western span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, designed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its opening. The installation by light artist Leo Villareal includes 25,000 individual white LEDs along 1.8 miles of the cables on the north side of the suspension span of the bridge between Yerba Buena Island and San Francisco. The installation is controlled via a computer and displays changing patterns that are not meant to repeat. The opening ceremony was held on March 5, 2013. ()

Coordinates: 37°49'8"N, 122°20'56"W

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Oakland United States

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The Bay Lights – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, Administration Building, Yerba Buena Light, Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.

0.5 miE
Elegant bridge with walking/cycling path
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, Oakland
13 min walk • The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. As part of Interstate 80 and the direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 260,000 vehicles a day on its two decks. It has one of the longest spans in the United States.
1.2 miW
Museum, Island, Military base
Administration Building, San Francisco
31 min walk • The Administration Building, Treasure Island, on Treasure Island, California, is a Moderne style building designed by William Peyton Day and George William Kelham.
1.1 miSW
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Yerba Buena Light, San Francisco
28 min walk • Yerba Buena Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay on Yerba Buena Island...
1.6 miSE
Park
Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, Oakland
41 min walk • Middle Harbor Shoreline Park is located on San Francisco Bay and the Port of Oakland entrance channel, west of downtown Oakland, California. It is owned and operated by the Port of Oakland. The park entrance is at the intersection of 7th Street and Middle Harbor Road. It is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to dusk.
~1180 ftSW
Bridge
Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco
6 min walk • The eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was a construction project to replace a seismically unsound portion of the Bay Bridge with a new self-anchored suspension bridge and a pair of viaducts. The bridge is in the U.S. state of California and crosses...
0.9 miW
Streamline Moderne architecture
Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, San Francisco
22 min walk • The Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, also known as Building 3, on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, California, was an aircraft hangar constructed in 1938 for Pan American World Airways' trans-Pacific Clipper services, and then modified for the 1939-40 Golden Gate International Exposition.
1.1 miSW
Neighbourhood
Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco
29 min walk • Yerba Buena Island sits in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, California. The Yerba Buena Tunnel runs through its center and connects the western and eastern spans of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.
1.3 miW
Island, Park
Treasure Island, San Francisco
33 min walk • Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay and a neighborhood in the City and County of San Francisco. Built in 1936–37 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the island's World's Fair site is a California Historical Landmark.
1.3 miW
Museum, Art gallery
Art in Action, San Francisco
32 min walk • Art in Action was an exhibit of artists at work displayed for four months in the summer of 1940 at the Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island. Many famous artists took part in the exhibit, including Dudley C. Carter, woodcarver and Diego Rivera, muralist.
1.1 miSW
Tunnel
Yerba Buena Tunnel, San Francisco
29 min walk • The Yerba Buena Tunnel, also known as the Yerba Buena Island Tunnel, is a highway tunnel in San Francisco, California. It is the part of San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge complex that crosses Yerba Buena Island.
0.9 miW
Sport venue, Sport
Ray Sheeran Field, San Francisco
24 min walk • Ray Sheeran Field is a rugby facility on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California that opened in 2005. The Gaelic Athletic Association and netball teams also use the facility.

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Which popular attractions are close to The Bay Lights?

Nearby attractions include Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco (6 min walk), San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, Oakland (13 min walk), Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, San Francisco (22 min walk).

How to get to The Bay Lights by public transport?

The nearest stations to The Bay Lights:

Bus

Avenue M & 4th Street • Lines: 25 (25 min walk)
Avenue H & 9th Street • Lines: 25 (31 min walk)