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Focus on Bay Area Transportation The San Francisco area has one of the best deep-water harbours on the US Pacific Coast. However, even with its large, sheltered harbour, the Bay Area has faced a number of challenges to its development. Natural barriers to the construction of transport routes and infrastructure are one of the key challenges that the Bay Area has overcome. Today, the Bay Area has an excellent system of transport routes and infrastructure that connect area communities with one another, and with the world. This transportation system has played a key role in the success of the area, giving the area's businesses access to markets across the continent. The maps below reflect some of the major transportation links that have developed in and around the bay to serve automotive, truck, and rail traffic. It is clear from the number of major bridges in the area alone that a massive investment has been necessary to bring the Bay Area to where it is today.
Major Transport Links in the Bay Area
The US Federal Government, through its funding of the national highway system, has helped provide communities in all areas of the country with access to national markets. The Bay Area has benefited directly from this federal investment, with interstate highway links to the north and south (via Interstate Highway 5), and east (via Interstate Highway 80). The process of transferring goods and people from land-based transportation to ocean-going freighters is an important part of the area's economy.
Bay Area's Highway Connections With Other US Cities
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