Overview
- The stretch of I-80 into San Francisco now bears the Willie Mays Highway name after a Wednesday announcement on what would have been his 95th birthday.
- Signs are up on the Bay Bridge approach between Postmile 3.836 near Treasure Island and Postmile 5.700 by Oracle Park after crews installed them earlier this week.
- Lawmakers enabled the honorary naming through Senate Concurrent Resolution 169 authored by State Sens. Bill Dodd and Scott Wiener.
- The corridor already honors former Mayor Willie Brown Jr., so the Mays designation will appear alongside the existing name.
- Giants president Larry Baer, the Say Hey Foundation, and the sponsoring senators praised the tribute as a lasting civic marker that fans will see as they drive to games.