Overview
- City officials say fireworks will be launched from the east side of the Golden Gate Bridge at about 9:30–9:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, with local broadcasters offering livestream coverage beginning around 9 p.m.
- The bridge will be closed to all traffic, including pedestrians and bicycles, for the evening display and Caltrans specified Highway 101 will be closed between the Lincoln Boulevard northbound off‑ramp in San Francisco and the Spencer Avenue southbound off‑ramp in Marin.
- Reports differ on the exact driver-closure start time with sources citing 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m., or a full closure by 9 p.m., while officials say the span will reopen shortly after the show concludes, generally after 10 p.m.
- Pyrotechnic staging requires multi-day sidewalk closures: the east sidewalk is closed from July 3 at 5 a.m. through July 5 at 5 a.m., and the west sidewalk will be closed on July 4 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. with bicyclists allowed when it reopens.
- Authorities are expanding transit service and deploying CHP signage to ease congestion, but officials warn of heavy traffic, limited parking and possible limited visibility from summer fog for the thousands expected to attend a display that marks only the third time fireworks have been launched from the span.