nick_80044 wrote:(Note to first-time visitors: check the online map *very* carefully before going, the turn-off from W. Grand Ave. is easy to miss, and "u-turns" are lengthy affairs).
Damn, that's a $5 and 30 minute missed exit right? thanks to everyone who showed.
If you miss the exit, you end up circling back around to Emeryville on W. Grand Ave. No toll, but I ended up on the freeway and had to go all the way to the Ashby Ave. exit and then grind my way through all the lights and stops in Emeryville to get back to the bridge. The second time, I tried the "Buses Only" exit--wrong again, and this way you end up on the bridge with the $5 toll and a turn-around all the way down on Treasure Island. End result: a five-minute trip turned into forty.
Third time was the charm, though. 8)
Technically it wouldn't cost you $5 in toll because if you were accidentally in the BUSONLY lane then it would put you thru around the toll plazas and you would not have to pay toll but might get busted for driving in the BUS ONLY 24/7 lane. That would be what like a $350 ticket? But either way you would spend at least $5 in gas to get 50 feet to the other side of the fence for your session.
and a folding chair. ))) 