Golden Gate Bridge Roadway Lanes

1 am to 6 am: Roadway lane configuration on the Golden Gate Bridge and Doyle Drive are transitioned to accommodate the San Francisco Marathon runners.
6 am to 9 am: Marathon course occupies 3 roadway lanes: 2 northbound lanes and 1 lane as a “buffer” lane between runners and traffic.
6 am to 9 am: Traffic will have 2 southbound traffic lanes and 1 northbound traffic lane.
By 10 am: Golden Gate Bridge roadway returns to 3 northbound lanes and 3 southbound lanes.

Northbound Doyle Drive and 19th Avenue (going north from San Francisco)

Northbound Doyle Dr. and Park Presidio Boulevard (Northbound from 19th Avenue) will be reduced to ONE (1) northbound lane near the Bridge.

Closures - Golden Gate Bridge Exits and Parking Areas – NO DROP OFFS ALLOWED

• Closed midnight to 10 am: Last northbound San Francisco exit, just before the toll plaza.
• Closed midnight to 10 am: Visitor parking lot on southeast side of Bridge.
• Closed midnight to 10 am: First southbound exit right after the toll plaza “Merchant Road/25th Avenue” will be closed, with no access into The Presidio or under through the toll plaza tunnel to the southeast side of the Bridge.
• Closed midnight to 1 0am: Vista Point exit (northeast side) and Vista Point parking lot.
• Closed 3 am to 10 am: Northwest side parking lot (off Conzelman Rd.)

Golden Gate Bridge Pedestrian and Bicycle Sidewalk Access

The EAST sidewalk will open at 5 am. The public is advised not to access the sidewalk until after 10 am as the parking lots and exits on both sides of the Bridge will be closed until 10 am. The WEST sidewalk remains closed for seismic construction through September 2011.

Golden Gate Transit and Muni Service Impacts

• Not served 1 am to 10 am: Golden Gate Transit northbound bus stop located on the east side of the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza.
• Not served midnight to 10 am: San Francisco Muni will not operate through the southeast parking lot at the Bridge.
  

Road Closures in Presidio/GGNRA

• Midnight to 10 am: No access to the Golden Gate Bridge through The Presidio.
• 4:30 am to 8 am: Mason Street and all intersections onto Mason Street will be CLOSED from the Marina Gate to Crissy Field Avenue.
• 4:30 am to 10 am: Crissy Field Avenue will be CLOSED.
• Lincoln Boulevard will be CLOSED from McDowell Avenue and Montgomery Street as part of the Doyle Drive reconstruction project.
• Baker Beach residents may enter the housing areas via the service road from Battery Caulfield. Intermittent traffic will be allowed access and egress from Baker Court and Brooks Court via Lincoln Boulevard.

Overview of Marathon Course

The 2011 San Francisco Marathon's Start Line is located at the Ferry Building along San Francisco's Embarcadero. After passing the Embarcadero, Fisherman's Wharf, Marina Green and Crissy Field, runners step onto the Golden Gate Bridge at the 5-1/4 mile point. They proceed over the approximately 1.7 mile span into Marin County. At the north end, runners immediately turn around and re-cross the Bridge back into San Francisco. Runners then head to the Pacific Ocean coastline at Baker Beach, through Golden Gate Park, the Haight-Ashbury District, and past AT&T Park before finishing in front of Cupid’s Arrow.