Lefty O'Doul Bridge
Bridge in San Francisco
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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.
Lefty O'Doul Bridge | |
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The bridge as seen from Oracle Park | |
| Coordinates | 37°46′36″N 122°23′24″W |
| Carries | Cars, bicycles, pedestrians |
| Crosses | Mission Creek |
| Locale | San Francisco, California |
| Named for | Lefty O'Doul |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Bascule bridge |
| No. of lanes | 5 |
| History | |
| Designer | Joseph Strauss[1] |
| Construction cost | $640,000[2] |
| Opened | May 12, 1933[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | None |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Lefty O'Doul Bridge | |
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.[1] At the time, it carried pedestrians, automobiles, streetcars, and trains.[1] The bridge was renamed in 1980 in honor of baseball player Lefty O'Doul.[3][4] It was retrofitted in 1999, prior to the opening of the adjacent ballpark, originally named Pacific Bell Park.[5]
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Usage
The bridge carries four lanes of car traffic and a bidirectional, class IV (on-street protected) bike lane.[6]
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).[7]
