A free shuttle is provided to those impacted by the closure. Hours of operation are 6am - 8pm Monday to Wednesday, and 6am - 2pm Thursdays.
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New Bicycle Bridges are on the way around the East Bay, to both enhance connectivity as well as reconnect communities have long been bisected by infrastructure barriers.
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The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Path is now closed every Monday through Thursday, for conversion to a car breakdown shoulder.
A free bicycle shuttle is provided during the closures, 6 AM to 8 PM (info here).
What happens next? Read on our dedicated page.
The Bay Bridge is among the most well-known symbols of the Bay Area, and you can bike on it! Well… half of it.
Named after one of Bike East Bay’s founders, Alexander Zuckermann, the Bay Bridge East Span bike path is a beautiful ride, but the remainder of the trip from Treasure Island to San Francisco remains inaccessible.
Since it opened in 2013, over a million people have enjoyed walking and bicycling on the popular “people path” extending from Oakland/Emeryville.
Bike East Bay worked with Caltrans, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority to ensure completion of the bike path to Yerba Buena/Treasure Islands and safety improvements on the island.
We also are working with these agencies on designs for the Bay Bridge West Span Pathway, and building connections from West Oakland residential neighborhoods to the East Span people path.
Sign our petition here to help complete the Bay Bridge path the rest of the way to San Francisco.
Still very much in development, this proposal will span just 1000 feet between Oakland’s Jack London Square and the western end of Alameda, eliminating a 7-mile bike detour for anyone understandably deterred by the substandard 4-foot wide walkway through the noisy and dirty Posey Tube.
But it will also need to be designed to accommodate frequent Coast Guard and other boat traffic underneath, raising the cost significantly.
In the meantime a free water shuttle service started in Summer 2024 to test the demand and to raise awareness and support for the bridge project.
The water shuttle has already been a huge success, with many calling for additional service.
Bridges Over Freeways
May 2024 Update: The Berkeley Bike/Walk Bridge over 580 at Gilman St is now open! This bridge connects between a new 2-way cycletrack on the east side and the beautiful Bay Trail to the west. Take a test ride via our video preview here.
March 2024 Update: The new Mokelumne Trail Overcrossing of Hwy 4 between Brentwood and Antioch is now open! Read our blog post here about the ribbon cutting celebration, and how the bridge came to be.
Our built infrastructure creates many barriers for walking and biking, but among the most destructive are freeways that were cut through existing neighborhoods, displacing residents and bisecting communities.
Impermeable freeways also create barriers for people to access natural spaces and enjoy a major part of what makes the Bay Area so special.
In development are additional bridges over I-80 to the Bay Trail at Ashby Ave in Emeryville, the West Oakland Link bridge over 880 along W Grand Ave, and in Fremont both the Sabercat Trail bridge over 680 and the Innovation Bride over 880, all of which are in the planning stages with construction timelines dependent on funding.
Trail Bridges
July 2025 Update: The Iron Horse Trail Bridge over Bollinger Canyon Rd in San Ramon is now open! A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on July 19, 2025.
November 2024 Update: The Iron Horse Trail Bridge over Dublin Blvd in Dublin is now open! A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on November 23, 2024.
Three new bike/walk bridges along the Iron Horse Trail will take users up and over otherwise wide and imposing roadways.
These include a bridge at Dublin Boulevard in Dublin, which opened for use in November 2024, a bridge at Bollinger Canyon Road in San Ramon which opened in July 2025, and another bridge at Crow Canyon Road in San Ramon, to start construction in 2025/2026.
Another trail bridge is also in the planning stage for the Richmond Greenway crossing of 23rd Street and the Amtrak/BART tracks, closing the last gap to create a continuous trail and protected bikeway connection between central Berkeley and Point Richmond.
This bridge was the top priority identified in Richmond’s 2023 bicycle and pedestrian plan update, and will join together the two halves of the Greenway as well as the neighbors on each side.
Campaign Updates
Proposed Oakland-Alameda Bike/Walk Bridge in the News
Local media picks up on the Estuary Bridge proposal thanks to Oakland’s bike/walk commission.
$235M in East Bay Biking, Walking, and Transit Projects Funded
Earlier this year the East Bay won over $300 Million for bike/walk projects from federal, state, and regional grant funding sources, and now another $235 Million has been awarded thanks
Weekday Bay Bridge Path Access Returns to Treasure Island
After years of waiting, the weekday bike re-connection between the Bay Bridge East Span pathway and Yerba Buena/Treasure Island is open again! This connection enables the opportunity for a full
Building Bridges in 2023
Connecting Communities Between East Bay Geographies (reprinted from Bike East Bay’s Spring 2023 RideOn newsletter – PDF here) As we celebrated Bike East Bay’s 50th anniversary this past year, there
$300 Million in Project Funding for the East Bay
The East Bay won big with $300 Million in recent transportation award announcements from the federal Appropriations Bill, the federal Safe Streets for All program (SS4A), the federal Highway Safety
Welcomes & Farewells: Advocacy Director Dave Campbell Leaving in November
It is very bittersweet for us to announce that our longtime friend, colleague, and barbecue pit master Dave Campbell will be stepping down in November 2022. Robert Prinz is taking