Bridges
The strait is crossed by two highway bridges, the Carquinez Bridge on Interstate 80 and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge on Interstate 680. Each highway bridge is composed of two spans.
Interstate 780 connects the two highways on the northern slope of the strait. State Route 4 connects these highways to South of and inland from the strait.
A rail bridge is just east of the Benicia-Martinez bridge, which is used by the Capitol Corridor, California Zephyr, and Coast Starlight trains. A rail ferry, with the ferries Contra Costa and Solano provided service across the strait, near the location of the current rail bridge, until the rail bridge was built in 1930.
Some tall pylons carrying power lines cross the Strait as well.
Read more about this topic: Carquinez Strait
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