After the new bridge was built, the old bridge was demolished but the western approach (the trestle span up to the original truss spans) was purchased by the County of San Mateo in 1968 for the nominal sum of $10 (equivalent to $formatnum: in US-GDPUS-GDP) and retained as the 4055 feet Werder Fishing Pier, which was known as one of the best places to catch sharks in San Francisco Bay.