San Francisco, Great Highway and Ocean Beach

New San Francisco Ocean Beach park set to open in April
A stretch of land along San Francisco’s Ocean Beach is about to be transformed into a new park, which means the Great Highway will be closed to cars.
San Francisco's Great Highway set to permanently close to cars for park transformation
Thursday marks the last full day that vehicles will be allowed to drive on San Francisco's Upper Great Highway.
San Francisco residents sue to stop the Great Highway’s conversion to oceanfront park
Opponents of the divisive measure — passed by voters last November — say they’re taking their fight to the courts.
Motorists take final drive along San Francisco's Great Highway before conversion int park
Drivers took their final drive along Great Highway in San Francisco Thursday, ahead of its permanent closure to cars. The roadway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard is set to become a park after a measure was approved by voters.
SF's Great Highway is now permanently closed to cars. Here's what happens next
The controversial plan to turn San Francisco's Great Highway into a great park is officially underway. As of Friday morning, a two-mile stretch of the road is closed to cars for good and crews are already out there working.
San Francisco's Upper Great Highway permanently closes to cars
Thursday marked the last full day that vehicles were allowed to drive on San Francisco's Upper Great Highway. The road permanently closed to traffic at 5 a.m. Friday in the first major step of creating an oceanfront park authorized by voters in November.
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