This Bay Area bridge will shut down to make way for a revolution in tolling. Here’s when
Caltrans will close the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge overnight this weekend to install a gantry for the Bay Area’s first open-road tolling system.
TL;DR
- The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will be closed overnight this weekend.
- The closure is for the installation of a gantry for the Bay Area's first open-road tolling system.
- Open-road tolling will replace toll booths with cameras and sensors for a faster, continuous flow of traffic.
- The overnight closure is scheduled from Saturday at 11 p.m. to Sunday at 8 a.m.
- Westbound Interstate 580 will be closed from the Richmond Parkway off-ramp to the Main Street off-ramp in Marin County.
- The eastbound lower deck will remain open.
- The bridge bike path will also be closed during the overnight closure.
- This modernization project aims to streamline bridge crossings in the Bay Area.