USA San Francisco Bay Bridge, Embarcadero, CA
GPS: 37.792798, -122.391046
The older section of the San Francisco / Oakland Bay Bridge is officially known as the "Willie L. Brown Jr. Bridge" and spans from SFO to Yerba Buena Island. It is best and easily shot from The Embarcadero waterfront, where you can include some rotting pillars in the water as a foreground.
The older section of the San Francisco / Oakland Bay Bridge is officially known as the "Willie L. Brown Jr. Bridge" and spans from SFO to Yerba Buena Island. It is best and easily shot from The Embarcadero waterfront, where you can include some rotting pillars in the water as a foreground.
Photography Tips
Come here not at high tide, but rather mid or low tide. Position yourself at the GPS coordinates and include the rotting pillars in your foreground. Shoot wide and crop panoramic. At night, the bridge transforms and has wonderful running LED lights along its suspension wires. Also, go across the bridge and shoot from Yerba Buena Island (see another spot).
Travel Information
You can easily walk down to the Embarcadero if you stay near Market/Mission streets. There are also other nice views nearby, roam around, you can spend a good two hours within a few hundred feet here. No good parking here, but lots of public transport to this location.
Spot Type
Outdoor
Crowd Factor
Just a few people
Best Timing
Blue hour/at night
Sunrise & Sunset
07:20 - 16:56
| current local time: 06:32
Photo Themes
Bridge
Brücke
pillars
waterfront
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