Benicia–Martinez Bridge
The Benicia–Martinez Bridge refers to three parallel bridges which cross the Carquinez Strait just west of Suisun Bay in California. The spans link Benicia on the north side with Martinez on the south.Photo: Ryanloney, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Martinez station and Forester.
Martinez station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martinez station is an Amtrak passenger train station in Martinez, California, United States. Located at the west end of downtown Martinez, the station has one side platform and one island platform, which serve three of the four tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad Martinez Subdivision. Martinez station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Benicia–Martinez Bridge.
Forester
Disaster remains
Photo: Rob Hodgkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Forester was a schooner vessel constructed in Alameda in November 1900. The construction was overseen by Captain Otto Daeweritz who served as the only captain of the vessel during the Forester's 75-year history. Forester is situated 1½ miles southwest of Benicia–Martinez Bridge.
Waterbird Regional Preserve
Park
Waterbird Regional Preserve is a 192 acres regional park located in Contra Costa County, California, adjacent to the city of Martinez. It is part of the East Bay Regional Park District. Waterbird Regional Preserve is situated 2 miles southeast of Benicia–Martinez Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mococo and Martinez.
Mococo
Hamlet
Mococo is a former unincorporated community, now annexed to the city of Martinez, located in Contra Costa County, East Bay region, California. It became known as Mococo following the 1905 arrival of a smelting works, operated by the Mountain Copper Company.
Martinez
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Martinez is in the outer East Bay in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Martinez has easy access to nature, so it's no wonder the famed naturalist John Muir decided to settle here.
Mountain View
Village
Mountain View is a census designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 2,622 at the 2020 census. Mountain View is situated 2 miles south of Benicia–Martinez Bridge.
Benicia–Martinez Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: Californian series of road & rail bridges on the Carquinez Strait
- Category: transportation
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Benicia–Martinez Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر بنيسيا-مارتينز”
- Bavarian: “Benicia–Martinez Bridge”
- Bulgarian: “Бениша-Мартинес”
- Bulgarian: “Мост „Бъниша-Мартинес“”
- Bulgarian: “Мост Бениша - Мартинес”
- Bulgarian: “Мост Бениша-Мартинес”
- Chinese: “貝尼西亞-馬丁尼茲橋”
- Dutch: “Benicia-Martinez-brug”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى بنيسيا مارتينيز”
- French: “Benicia-Martinez Bridge”
- German: “Benicia-Martinez Bridge”
- German: “Benicia–Martinez Bridge”
- Japanese: “ベニシア＝マーティネズ橋”
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