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Bridges
The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) operates the Bay Area’s seven state-run toll bridges. Together, they make up an important network for vehicle traffic across the Bay.
Credit
Alysha Nachtigall
The Bay Area’s seven state-owned toll bridges form a transportation network, allowing residents to move across the Bay to home, work and to points of interest. They are the backbone of vehicular transportation around the Bay Area.
Learn more about the history, toll information and bicycle and pedestrian access for each structure on the pages for each bridge.
View the
BATA Toll Schedule for Toll Bridges. effective January 1, 2026
.
Preserving Bay Area Toll Bridges is Job #1
View the Fact Sheet to learn more.
Antioch Bridge
Spanning the San Joaquin River, connecting northeastern Contra Costa County to Sacramento County.
Benicia-Martinez Bridge
Crossing the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Martinez, a bustling span featuring Northern California's first open road tolling system.
Carquinez Bridge
A beautiful new suspension bridge carrying vehicles, bikes and pedestrians westbound across the Carquinez Strait.
Dumbarton Bridge
The first vehicular crossing over San Francisco Bay proper now provides three lanes in each direction, plus a bicycle/pedestrian path.
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
Located on Interstate 580 between Contra Costa and Marin counties, with a new bicycle and pedestrian path link in the San Francisco Bay Trail.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
The region's workhorse bridge, carrying more than a third of the traffic of all of the state-owned bridges combined.
San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
Serving State Route 92 between San Mateo and Alameda counties, now widened to improve evening commutes.
Monthly Transportation Statistics
See vehicle traffic and public transit ridership numbers from 2019 to the present.
Get the data.
Open Road Tolling
The Open Road Tolling Program will streamline the driver experience when the toll booths are removed from the seven state-owned toll bridges.
Learn about Open Road Tolling.
Historic Traffic & Revenues
Bridge toll crossing dollars pay for bridge, highway and transit projects all around the Bay Area. See the past two decades’ worth of traffic and tolls.
See traffic and revenue history.
Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake spurred the seismic retrofit of all seven state-owned Bay Area toll bridges. Three dollars from every regular toll pays for this program.
Related Documents
BATA Toll Schedule for Toll Bridges - Effective January 1, 2026 (BATA Resolution 184)
170.79 KB
pdf
Preserving Bay Area Toll Bridges is Job #1
353.11 KB
pdf
Digital Library
Related News
April 13, 2026
Work Begins on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Open Road Tolling Project
December 1, 2025
50-cent Toll Increase on Tap at Seven Bay Area Bridges
January 21, 2025
Tolls Fund Bridge Maintenance, Upgrades for Drivers, Transit Riders
December 30, 2024
Start of New Year Brings Toll Hike at Bay Area Bridges
December 23, 2024
New Year Rings in Toll Increase at Seven Bay Area Bridges
Video: Inspecting the Bay Bridge
Get an up-close look at how BATA and Caltrans work year-round to keep the Bay Area's bridges in a state of good repair.
Watch the video on Youtube.
Skip to main content
Bridges
The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) operates the Bay Area’s seven state-run toll bridges. Together, they make up an important network for vehicle traffic across the Bay.
Credit
Alysha Nachtigall
The Bay Area’s seven state-owned toll bridges form a transportation network, allowing residents to move across the Bay to home, work and to points of interest. They are the backbone of vehicular transportation around the Bay Area.
Learn more about the history, toll information and bicycle and pedestrian access for each structure on the pages for each bridge.
View the
BATA Toll Schedule for Toll Bridges. effective January 1, 2026
.
Preserving Bay Area Toll Bridges is Job #1
View the Fact Sheet to learn more.
Antioch Bridge
Spanning the San Joaquin River, connecting northeastern Contra Costa County to Sacramento County.
Benicia-Martinez Bridge
Crossing the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Martinez, a bustling span featuring Northern California's first open road tolling system.
Carquinez Bridge
A beautiful new suspension bridge carrying vehicles, bikes and pedestrians westbound across the Carquinez Strait.
Dumbarton Bridge
The first vehicular crossing over San Francisco Bay proper now provides three lanes in each direction, plus a bicycle/pedestrian path.
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
Located on Interstate 580 between Contra Costa and Marin counties, with a new bicycle and pedestrian path link in the San Francisco Bay Trail.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
The region's workhorse bridge, carrying more than a third of the traffic of all of the state-owned bridges combined.
San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
Serving State Route 92 between San Mateo and Alameda counties, now widened to improve evening commutes.
Monthly Transportation Statistics
See vehicle traffic and public transit ridership numbers from 2019 to the present.
Get the data.
Open Road Tolling
The Open Road Tolling Program will streamline the driver experience when the toll booths are removed from the seven state-owned toll bridges.
Learn about Open Road Tolling.
Historic Traffic & Revenues
Bridge toll crossing dollars pay for bridge, highway and transit projects all around the Bay Area. See the past two decades’ worth of traffic and tolls.
See traffic and revenue history.
Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake spurred the seismic retrofit of all seven state-owned Bay Area toll bridges. Three dollars from every regular toll pays for this program.
Related Documents
BATA Toll Schedule for Toll Bridges - Effective January 1, 2026 (BATA Resolution 184)
170.79 KB
Preserving Bay Area Toll Bridges is Job #1
353.11 KB
Digital Library
Related News
April 13, 2026
Work Begins on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Open Road Tolling Project
December 1, 2025
50-cent Toll Increase on Tap at Seven Bay Area Bridges
January 21, 2025
Tolls Fund Bridge Maintenance, Upgrades for Drivers, Transit Riders
December 30, 2024
Start of New Year Brings Toll Hike at Bay Area Bridges
December 23, 2024
New Year Rings in Toll Increase at Seven Bay Area Bridges
Video: Inspecting the Bay Bridge
Get an up-close look at how BATA and Caltrans work year-round to keep the Bay Area's bridges in a state of good repair.
Watch the video on Youtube.