Trail Route
The Bay Trail is an interconnected trail system that links parks, open spaces, points of interest, and communities on or near the bay shoreline. It will not only encircle the Bay but will also provide access inland to open spaces and preserves, streams, and the Bay Area Ridge Trail, which forms the second of two concentric rings around the bay.
Sections of the Bay Trail exist in all nine Bay Area counties. The longest continuous segments include 26 miles (41 km) primarily on gravel levees between East Palo Alto and San Jose in Santa Clara County; 25 miles (40 km) in San Mateo County between Millbrae and San Carlos; 17 miles (27 km) in central Alameda County from San Leandro to Hayward; and 15 miles (24 km) along the shoreline and on city streets through Richmond in Contra Costa County. The northernmost trail section passes through San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Bicycle and pedestrian pathways exist on four Bay Area toll bridges: Golden Gate Bridge, Carquinez Bridge, Benicia-Martinez Bridge, and Dumbarton Bridge. A bridge pathway is under construction on the east span of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge between Oakland and Yerba Buena Island with a scheduled opening in late 2013.
Trail access to the bay is also proposed in the planned San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail. The California Coastal Conservancy approved funding in March 2011 to designate trailheads, provide education, and develop a network of launch and landing sites around San Francisco Bay for non-motorized boats.
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