Robin Williams Tunnel article from SFGate.com

[Buster28]

Just saw on SFGate.com an article about the ten-year naming anniversary of the former Waldo Tunnel to the Robin Williams Tunnel. It is on US Hwy 101/CA Hwy1 just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Bay Area. Anyone who has driven through the tunnel on northbound 101 since 1979 has noticed the rainbow stripes adorning the entrance/exit. Williams was a local resident of SF and Marin County for decades until his death in 2014 (my mom would see him in restaurants occasionally in Sonoma County when we lived there). The article does a nice job of highlighting the history of both the tunnel itself, Williams and his time in the Bay Area, and the process of renaming the landmark after him. If you are familiar with any of that, it's a nice five-minute read.

The Leap Day quirk of the Bay Area's Robin Williams Tunnel

400 million cars have passed through this Bay Area memorial.

www.sfgate.com

(I was going to put this in the 2026 random subjects Off Topic thread, but couldn't find it for some reason, so I decided it might get more notice on its own.)

 

[Buster28]

And a quick video from YouTube of someone driving up the grade to the tunnel.

 

[Cloneon]

Just saw on SFGate.com an article about the ten-year naming anniversary of the former Waldo Tunnel to the Robin Williams Tunnel. It is on US Hwy 101/CA Hwy1 just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Bay Area. Anyone who has driven through the tunnel on northbound 101 since 1979 has noticed the rainbow stripes adorning the entrance/exit. Williams was a local resident of SF and Marin County for decades until his death in 2014 (my mom would see him in restaurants occasionally in Sonoma County when we lived there). The article does a nice job of highlighting the history of both the tunnel itself, Williams and his time in the Bay Area, and the process of renaming the landmark after him. If you are familiar with any of that, it's a nice five-minute read.

The Leap Day quirk of the Bay Area's Robin Williams Tunnel

400 million cars have passed through this Bay Area memorial.

www.sfgate.com

(I was going to put this in the 2026 random subjects Off Topic thread, but couldn't find it for some reason, so I decided it might get more notice on its own.)

I saw him numerous times while I lived there. Always in public. Never around his home where my morning jog took. I'd walk right by anyone, but leave it to the women I dated back then. Celebrities never escape the eye of a woman. Heck, I caught the eye of Robin Wright one time and didn't even recognize her until one of the women in our group told me.

 

[VeloClone]

I saw him numerous times while I lived there. Always in public. Never around his home where my morning jog took. I'd walk right by anyone, but leave it to the women I dated back then. Celebrities never escape the eye of a woman. Heck, I caught the eye of Robin Wright one time and didn't even recognize her until one of the women in our group told me.

Did you ever see him on a bike? He was a huge cyclist and had a bike collection that would make anyone salivate.

 

[Cloneon]

Did you ever see him on a bike? He was a huge cyclist and had a bike collection that would make anyone salivate.

Great question. No. But, most likely that would've been while I was jogging. And something I never thought about before, I never really looked at biker's faces while running. So, very likely he rode by me, but I never noticed.