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The bridge never was officially named, but the common use name comes from Dumbarton Point, which dates to 1876 when it was named for Dumbarton in Scotland.
A parallel railroad bridge runs to the south. The rail bridge is currently unused, but a successful March 2004 regional transportation ballot measure included funding to rehabilitate the rail bridge for commuter rail service.
The bridge is part of California State Highway 84 .
The bridge is directly connected to Interstate 880 by a freeway segment north of the Fremont end, but is not directly connected to U.S. Highway 101 at its southern end in Menlo Park. Rather, motorists must traverse one of three at-grade routes to connect from the Bayshore Freeway to the bridge.
Although this has led to severe traffic problems on the bridge itself and in Menlo Park and East Palo Alto, Caltrans has been unable to upgrade the relevant portion of Highway 84 to freeway status due to opposition from the cities of Menlo Park, Atherton, and Palo Alto. The freeway opponents fear that upgrading Highway 84 will encourage more people to live in Alameda CountyAlameda County is a suburban county in California's San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2000 census it had a population of 1,443,741. The county seat is Oakland. Events The annual Alameda County fair is held at the fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The fair runs f (where housing is more affordable) and commute to jobs in the mid-Peninsula area, thus increasing traffic in their neighborhoods to the south of the bridge.
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