Pretty much. There are more bikes than cars on this stretch of one-way road to the Point Bonita Light House and beyond in the Marin Headlands.
The catch is that you have to ride your bike all the way up the two-way part from where the road starts near the North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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But otherwise, it’s a nice ride…
This is the view from San Francisco looking over at the chopped-off hill known as Battery Spencer. What used to be the location of three 12″ Watervliet Arsenalguns from the Edicott Era is now just a short hike uphill from the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge.
See if the Yelpers like it here. Find your way to get there here.
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The traffic light controlling the western entrance of the Bunker Road Tunnel in the Marin Headlands makes you wait five whole minutes. Why? Because it only has one lane for cars, so traffic goes west for a few minutes and then east and then back again, all day long.
There’s another way back to the Golden Gate Bridge but it’s a whole lot hillier.
After a long countdown, the green light appears. Click to expand:
And here’s your reward, after all the wait. Some people love it, while others get irritated: “Stop braking. Stop it, stop it.”
All in all, a fine tunnel. Look for it between Cavallo Point and Rodeo Cove the next time you’re in the Sausalito area.
