Bay Farm Island Bridge, Alameda

Name: Bay Farm Island Bridge
Address: CA State Route 61, Alameda, United States

#3 among attractions in Alameda

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The San Leandro Bay Bridge, better known as the Bay Farm Island Bridge, is a single-leaf bascule drawbridge spanning the San Leandro Channel, the inlet of San Leandro Bay within the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. It carries California State Route 61 and links the main island of Alameda with Bay Farm Island within the city of Alameda. The present bridge was completed in 1953; it is paralleled by a second bridge devoted to pedestrian and bicycle traffic, the Bay Farm Island Bicycle Bridge. ()

Opened: 1 July 1953 (70 years ago)Length: 963 ftWidth: 70 ftCoordinates: 37°44'55"N, 122°14'10"W

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CA State Route 61Alameda United States

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Bay Farm Island Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Subpar Miniature Golf, Alameda Museum, Basilica of St. Joseph, High Street Bridge.

1.2 miN
37°45'57"N • 122°14'31"W
Subpar Miniature Golf, Alameda
32 min walk • Game and entertainment center, Golf, Entertainment
1.1 miNW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Alameda Museum, Alameda
29 min walk • The Alameda Museum is a history museum about the history and culture of Alameda, California. It is located in Alameda, California, in the United States.
1.6 miNW
Church
Basilica of St. Joseph, Alameda
40 min walk • The Basilica of St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic church located in Alameda, California at 1109 Chestnut Street. Its history dates back to early settlement of the City of Alameda, California. A former mission church of St. Anthony's in Oakland, the parish of St. Joseph's was established in 1885. It is part of the Diocese of Oakland.
1.3 miNE
Bridge
High Street Bridge, Oakland
32 min walk • The High Street Bridge is a double-leaf bascule drawbridge spanning 296 feet of the Oakland Estuary in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. It links the cities of Oakland and Alameda. The bridge is opened approximately 1,400 times a year. The bridge carries an average of 26,000 vehicles per year.
1.2 miN
Palace
Alameda Theatre, Alameda
30 min walk • The Alameda Theatre is an Art Deco movie theatre built in 1932 in Alameda, California. It opened with a seating capacity of 2,168. It was designed by architect Timothy L. Pflueger and was the last grand movie palace built in the San Francisco Bay Area. It closed in the 1980s as a triplex theatre and was later used as a gymnastics studio.
0.9 miNW
Park
Chochenyo Park, Alameda
24 min walk • Chochenyo Park, formerly known as Jackson Park, is a small municipal park in Alameda, California located on Park Avenue south of Encinal Avenue, one block off of the Park Street business district. description In July 2020, the Recreation and Parks Commission voted to dename...
1.1 miN
Victorian architecture
Masonic Temple and Lodge, Alameda
28 min walk • The Masonic Temple and Lodge are two adjacent Masonic buildings in downtown Alameda, California. The older Masonic Temple at 1329–31 Park St was built from 1890 to 1891.
0.7 miS
37°44'22"N • 122°13'55"W
Chuck Corica Golf Complex, Alameda
18 min walk • Golf
1.1 miN
37°45'53"N • 122°14'31"W
High Scores, Alameda
30 min walk • Museum, Game and entertainment center
1.1 miN
37°45'51"N • 122°14'35"W
Alameda Civic Ballet, Alameda
30 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
1.2 miE
Park
Arrowhead Marsh, Oakland
32 min walk • Arrowhead Marsh is a wetlands habitat made of tidal mud flats in Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline in Oakland, California. It is an important stop on the Pacific flyway and is habitat for important endangered species especially the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse.