What is San Mateo–Hayward Bridge?
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}} The '''San Mateo–Hayward Bridge''' (commonly called the '''San Mateo Bridge''') is a [[bridge]] crossing the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]'s [[San Francisco Bay]]. It provides a link of the [[San Francisco Peninsula]] with the [[East Bay]]. The bridge's west end is in [[Foster City, California|Foster City]], a suburb on the eastern edge of [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]]. The east end of the bridge is in [[Hayward, California|Hayward]]. It is the longest bridge in California and the 25th longest in the world. The bridge is owned by the state of California, and is maintained by [[California Department of Transportation|Caltrans]], the state highway agency. It is also managed by the [[Bay Area Toll Authority]]. The bridge is part of [[California State Route 92|State Route 92]], whose western end is at [[Half Moon Bay, California|Half Moon Bay]] on the Pacific coast. It links [[Interstate 880]] in the East Bay with [[U.S. Route 101 (California)|U.S. Route 101]] on the Peninsula. It is roughly [[Parallel (geometry)|parallel]] to and lies between the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] and the [[Dumbarton Bridge (California)|Dumbarton Bridge]]. Drivers sometimes use it to avoid [[traffic]] delays on the other two bridges. ==Tolls== Drivers have to pay a [[toll road|toll]] when they drive west on the bridge (from Hayward to San Mateo). Tolls are collected at a toll plaza on the east side of the bridge. All toll is collected electronically since 2020. Drivers can use the [[FasTrak]] electronic toll collection device, pay online, or pay automatically when a machine scans their [[license plate]]. Since 2022, the toll rate for passenger cars is $7.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Mateo–Hayward Bridge|url=https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/tolls/san-mateo-hayward-bridge.shtml|website=www.bayareafastrak.org|publisher=CalTrans|access-date=July 10, 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|San Mateo – Hayward Bridge}} * [http://bata.mtc.ca.gov/br