Golden Gate Bridge open after protest cleared

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The southbound and northbound lanes on the Golden Gate Bridge have reopened after the whole bridge was shut down by protesters earlier Monday. The protest on the midspan of the bridge was affecting each northbound and southbound visitors heading into San Francisco, in accordance with the San Francisco Division of Emergency Administration.

About 60 protesters took half in shutting down the bridge, starting at round 7:30 a.m. this morning, in accordance with an announcement from the group behind the protest. Protesters locked themselves collectively into parked vehicles in entrance of all southbound lanes of visitors on the southbound aspect of the bridge.

The California Freeway Patrol arrested 26 protesters. In complete, 38 protesters have been arrested within the Bay Space, CHP stated.

Sidewalks on the bridge have been additionally closed to bikes and pedestrians, in accordance with the Golden Gate Bridge Freeway and Transportation District. Nevertheless, they’ve additionally reopened.

Drivers are suggested to count on residual delays.

A simultaneous protest on the opposite aspect of the Bay in Oakland has shut down visitors on the northbound and southbound lanes of I-880.

A 3rd protest Monday on northbound 880 close to 980 in West Oakland can be impacting visitors. That protest reportedly entails about 100 individuals.

The protests are a part of a deliberate “financial blockade” coordinated with related protests world wide. A further protest is deliberate for midday at UN Plaza and Market and Hyde streets in San Francisco, by the Group Code Pink. One other motion by the A15 group is deliberate on the Tesla Manufacturing facility in Fremont.

Bay Metropolis Information contributed to this report.