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12 m (40 ft) Location. Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, California, United States. Vaillancourt Fountain, sometimes called Quebec libre!, is a large fountain in Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco, designed by the Québécois artist Armand Vaillancourt in 1971. It is about 40 feet (12 m) high and is constructed out of precast concrete square ...
The Embarcadero ( Spanish for "Embarkment") is the eastern waterfront of Port of San Francisco and a major roadway in San Francisco, California. It was constructed on reclaimed land along a three mile long [ 2] engineered seawall, from which piers extend into the bay. It derives its name from the Spanish verb embarcar, meaning "to embark ...
Transbay Tube. / 37.80889°N 122.31611°W / 37.80889; -122.31611. The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel that carries Bay Area Rapid Transit 's four transbay lines under San Francisco Bay between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California. The tube is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) long, and attaches to twin bored tunnels. [ 2]
Embarcadero. / 37.79306°N 122.39722°W / 37.79306; -122.39722. Embarcadero station is a combined BART and Muni Metro rapid transit subway station in the Market Street subway in downtown San Francisco. Located under Market Street between Drumm Street and Beale Street near The Embarcadero, it serves the Financial District neighborhood ...
The Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District is a Registered Historic District in the city of San Francisco, California, United States. It consists of Piers 1, 1½, 3 and 5, which form one of the largest [citation needed] surviving pier complexes along San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront road. [1] It was added to the National Register of ...
California State Route 480. State Route 480 ( SR 480) was a state highway in San Francisco, California, United States, consisting of the elevated double-decker Embarcadero Freeway (also known as the Embarcadero Skyway ), the partly elevated Doyle Drive approach to the Golden Gate Bridge and the proposed and unbuilt section in between.
The Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District is a Registered Historic District, consisting of Piers 1, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2, 3 and 5, and is one of the largest surviving pier complexes along San Francisco's Embarcadero.
Coordinates: 37°47′19.47″N 122°23′15.74″W. Pier 26 Facade, Port of San Francisco (2010) The existing historic Pier 26 in San Francisco is located on the Embarcadero with its entrance directly under the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, several blocks southeast of the Ferry Building. The pier is a single story gable timber structure ...