49-Mile Scenic Drive, San Francisco, California
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The 49-Mile Scenic Drive (also known as 49-Mile Drive) in and around San Francisco highlights many of the city's major attractions and historic structures.
Created as a promotion for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, it features views of the then newly built Golden Gate Bridge (opened May, 1937) and the Bay Bridge (opened November, 1936). It terminated at the fairgrounds on Treasure Island.
Points of interest
The Drive is marked by blue and white signs that lead you through the city. It all begins at the intersection of Hayes Street and Van Ness Avenue, near City Hall:
- Civic Center
- Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
- Japantown
- Union Square
- Chinatown
- Nob Hill
- Cable Car Barn
- Transamerica Pyramid
- North Beach
- Pier 39
- Fisherman's Wharf
- Alcatraz Island
- The Cannery
- Ghirardelli Square
- Aquatic Park
- Lombard Street
- Marina Green
- Crissy Field
- Palace of Fine Arts - (Exploratorium)
- The Presidio
- Letterman Digital Arts Center
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Fort Point
- Baker Beach
- Legion of Honor
- Richmond District
- Lincoln Park
- Sutro Baths (ruins)
- Great Highway
- San Francisco State University
- Golden Gate Park
- Strybing Arboretum
- Japanese Tea Garden
- Asian Art Museum
- M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
- California Academy of Sciences
- Conservatory of Flowers
- AIDS Memorial Grove
- Kezar Stadium
- Haight-Ashbury
- Twin Peaks
- Castro District
- Castro Theatre
- Mission Dolores
- AT&T Park
- Bay Bridge
- The Embarcadero
- Ferry Building
- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Financial District
- Moscone Center