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San Mateo Bridge, San Mateo, CA, 2024. (fedia.io)

submitted 4 months ago by mattblaze@federate.social to c/photography@fedia.io

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San Mateo Bridge, San Mateo, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, but none of the traffic jams, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54129314405

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[–] mattblaze@federate.social 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 Digaron-W lens, Phase One IQ4-150 back, a small amount of vertical shift.

The San Mateo Bridge, spanning the San Francisco Bay just south of SFO Airport, is relatively unremarkable except for its seemingly endless length. Sometimes known locally as the "S&M Bridge" for its frequently painful traffic congestion, looked at from the right distance, it can appear rather serine.

[–] marchyman@sfba.social 1 points 4 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social "S&M Bridge"? Don't recall that name, but then that bridge was only a part of my regular commute for a few months back in the mid '90s. Wish I could have said the same about the SF-Oakland bay bridge.

The back and forth I remember was more in line with calling it the "San Mateo" bridge vs the "Hayward" bridge.

[–] kingtor@urbanists.social 1 points 4 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social that is the bridge that makes part two necessary in @soaproot@sfba.social's mnemonic to remember when you have to pay a toll on a bridge in the Bay area: "You pay to get in to San Francisco or out of Oakland."

[–] stuartmarks@mastodon.social 1 points 4 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social I used to drive across this bridge regularly. On a foggy day, if you were driving on the low, straight section, the bridge would disappear into the fog in front of you and also behind you. It was as if the bridge went on forever. Rather like a Twilight Zone episode.