Big Break Regional Shoreline

Big Break Regional Shoreline is a 1,648 acre regional park in Oakley, Contra Costa County, northern California. It is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District system and opened in 2005.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jersey Island and Antioch Bridge.

Jersey Island

Island

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Jersey Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta of Contra Costa County, California, approximately 10 kilometres east of Antioch. The 1,425-hectare island is bounded on the west by the San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel, on the north by the False River, on the northeast by Piper Slough, on the east by Taylor Slough, and on the south by Dutch Slough.

Antioch Bridge

Bridge

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The Antioch Bridge is an automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian bridge in the western United States. Located in northern California, it crosses the San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel, linking Antioch in Contra Costa County with Sherman Island in southern Sacramento County, near Rio Vista.

Gateway Generating Station

Power station

Gateway Generating Station, formerly Contra Costa Unit 8 Power Project, is a combined-cycle, natural-gas-fired power station in Contra Costa County, California, which provides power to half a million customers in northern and central California.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakley and Bethel Island.