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The Bay Lights

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The opening of the Bay Lights
The opening of the Bay Lights

The Bay Lights were a site-specific monumental light sculpture and generative art installation on the western span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, designed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its opening. The installation by light artist Leo Villareal included 25,000 individual white LEDs along 1.8 miles (2.9 km) of the cables on the north side of the suspension span of the bridge between Yerba Buena Island and San Francisco. The installation was controlled via a computer and displayed changing patterns that were not meant to repeat. The opening ceremony was held on March 5, 2013. Initially intended as a temporary installation, which ended on March 5, 2015, the project was re-installed as a longstanding feature of the Bay Bridge with permanent fixtures that were re-lit on January 30, 2016. Due to the project being underfunded, the lights were turned off on March 5, 2023, the 10th anniversary of the lights.

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The Bay Lights
San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco

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San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge
94017 San Francisco
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The opening of the Bay Lights
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