This Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13, Doyle Drive will be closed from 5:30am to 11:30am to continue prep work for the Doyle Drive Replacement Project.
Doyle Drive is the portion of Highway 101 that connects the Golden Gate Bridge with the Marina District and Crissy Field; it basically runs parallel to Crissy. During the closures, Doyle Drive will be completely closed to traffic. Note that the Park Presidio/19th Avenue route from the Richmond onto the Golden Gate Bridge will still be open.
Heading south from the toll plaza, the off-ramp to southbound state Highway 1 will be closed, and heading north from the Marina District to the toll plaza, the off-ramp to southbound state Highway 1 will also be closed.
Drivers heading south of the toll plaza and looking to get to Highway 1 will be directed by detour signs to continue on Doyle Drive, take Lombard Street to Van Ness Avenue, and then take Geary Boulevard to Highway 1/19th Avenue. Wow, talk about going the long way.
Drivers heading north toward the toll plaza and seeking to exit onto Highway 1 will be directed past the closed off-ramp to the last exit before the toll plaza, and to take Lincoln Boulevard to 25th Avenue, and then Geary Boulevard to Highway 1/19th Avenue.
This is the first of three more weekends of closures. Doyle Drive will also be closed from 5:30am to 11:30am on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20, as well as on Sept. 26 and Sept. 27.
Curious what the new Park Presidio Parkway will look like when it’s completed in 2013? Check out the aerial simulation video below. Or check out pics of the work done during the last closure.
Sarah B.