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Golden Gate Bridge Bike Access
The Golden Gate Bridge offers 24-hour access to bikes and bike riders on the sidewalks. Bikes are directed to the east or west sidewalk based on day and time, to avoid interference with maintenance activities and separate pedestrians and bikes when possible. At night bike riders have to “buzz through” two security gates that are monitored by video cameras. The hours of access to each sidewalk change according to the calendar based on the schedules below.
Note: The Golden Gate Bridge District may change these hours at any time. The times below have shifted by only 30 minutes in the last 14 years, but that’s no guarantee there won’t be future changes.
Bike Access during Daylight Savings Time (2nd Monday in March – 1st Sunday in Nov.)
You can cross from the east to west sidewalks at passageways that are under each end of the Bridge next to the parking lots.
Weekdays except Holidays
East sidewalk: 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM (San Francisco Bay side)
West sidewalk: 3:30 PM to 9:00 PM (Pacific Ocean side)
East sidewalk: 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM via a remotely controlled security gate system. Riders ring a buzzer to enter the Bridge sidewalk. Once the officers see you they’ll open the gate so you can enter. The process is repeated to exit the Bridge sidewalk at the other end.
Weekends and Holidays
West and East sidewalks: 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM
East sidewalk: 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM via the security process described above. (San Francisco Bay side)
Fall-Winter Bike Access (1st Sunday in Nov. to 2nd Monday in March)
You can cross from the east to west sidewalks at passageways that are under each end of the Bridge next to the parking lots.
Weekdays
East sidewalk: 5:00 AM to 3:30 PM (San Francisco Bay side)
West sidewalk: 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM (Pacific Ocean side)
East sidewalk: 6:30 PM to 5:00 AM via a remotely controlled security gate system. (See description under Spring/Summer hours above.)
Weekends and Holidays
West sidewalk: 5:00 AM to 6:30 PM (Pacific Ocean side)
East sidewalk: 6:30 PM to 5:00 AM via the security process described above. (San Francisco Bay side)
