California Toll Bridge Authority

The California Toll Bridge Authority was an agency of the State of California, responsible for the building and acquisition of toll bridges, and for the management and operations of toll bridges and "highway crossings" owned by the state. It was created by legislative act in 1929 (Stats. 1929, Ch.763, p.1480). It was abolished by legislative act in 1977 and its responsibilities transferred to the newly created California Transportation Commission (Stats. 1977, Ch. 1106), effective in 1978. A separate successor agency, the Bay Area Toll Authority, was created in 1997 to operate the state's toll bridges in the San Francisco Bay Area, while tolls were eventually removed on the state's Southern California bridges by 2002.