Originally Posted by letiole
So then you must be familiar with the San Mateo bridge being closed every Tuesday morning from 3-4 a.m. to taxi UA planes over from SFO for service at OAK? That's why there are no upright cables like on the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate.
Yes, a taxi driver explained that to me in the wee hours of a morning a few months ago. I had a bit too much to drink at a party in Palo Alto. When I saw the planes from the 101, I said "man, I must be drunk -- I see planes on the San Mateo Bridge." He told me that I was indeed drunk, but that the planes were real.
I understand the whole process is much faster now that the planes have FasTrak.