Presidio Parkway

The Presidio Parkway serves as a regional gateway between the Golden Gate Bridge and the City of San Francisco. The parkway is a replacement of Doyle Drive, a 1.6-mile segment of U.S. 101 that reopened on July 12, 2015. Originally built in 1936 as one of the New Deal projects, Doyle Drive had reached the end of its useful life after over 75 years of use. Caltrans and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority jointly led the effort to replace Doyle Drive. The work was done in two phases: The first phase was built using a traditional design-bid-build approach and the second via a public-private partnership. The latter enabled the project to be built sooner and includes a 30-year maintenance agreement by the private concessionaire to ensure the roadway remains at a high level of operational and maintenance performance for the public. A community-backed design for the Presidio Parkway was chosen in 2009 after years of intensive regional coordination, environmental review, and interagency planning. The project was carefully designed to withstand the maximum considered earthquake for the region, improve traffic safety, and improve access to the Presidio and Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

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