Editing San Francisco Transbay Terminal (section)

===History===
The Terminal was designed by [[Timothy L. Pflueger]], [[Arthur Brown Jr.]], and John Donovan in the Art Moderne style.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/transformation-transbay/ |title=The Transformation of Transbay |author=Nyren, Ron |date=21 September 2015 |accessdate=25 March 2016 |website=Urbanland: The Magazine of the Urban Land Institute }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/Plan-for-new-Transbay-Terminal-in-under-budget-3191956.php |title=Plan for new Transbay Terminal in, under budget |date=22 April 2010 |author=King, John |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=25 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Transbay-Terminal-finally-going-terminal-3258146.php |title=Transbay Terminal finally going terminal |date=25 July 2010 |author=Nolte, Carl |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=25 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sfplanninggis.org/docs/DPRForms/3720001.pdf |title=Primary Record |date=November 8, 2007 |first=Christopher |last=VerPlanck |publisher=California Department of Parks and Recreation}}</ref> Bids were taken for construction of the terminal in June 1937,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UToyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2914%2C4363194 |title=Bay Bridge Terminal Bids to be Opened |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=14 June 1937 |newspaper=Berkeley Daily Gazette |accessdate=24 March 2016}}</ref> excavation began on July 29, 1937, and the first steel was erected on January 12, 1938.<ref name=CHPW3902 /> Structural concrete was complete by May 1938.<ref name=CHPW3805>{{cite journal |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1938_may.pdf |title=Building Bay Bridge Railroad |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 1938 |volume=16 |number=5 |pages=8–11 |journal=California Highways and Public Works |publisher=California Department of Highways and Public Works |accessdate=24 March 2016}}</ref> The ''San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Electric Railway Terminal Building'' was formally dedicated on {{start date|1939|01|14|df=yes}}. State Director of [[California Department of Transportation|Public Works]] Frank W. Clark turned the facilities over to the State of California, as represented by [[Lieutenant Governor of California|Lieutenant Governor]] [[Ellis E. Patterson]], who turned over management of the facility to the three electric railroad companies.<ref name=CHPW3902>{{cite journal |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1939_feb.pdf |title=Bay Bridge Terminal Dedicated |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=February 1939 |volume=17 |number=2 |pages=6–9; 28 |journal=California Highways and Public Works |publisher=California Department of Highways and Public Works |accessdate=24 March 2016}}</ref> State officials and guests rode electric trains to the opening ceremony.<ref name=CHPW3902 /><ref name=SJNews>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QZI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=I6sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6057%2C1190177 |title=Bridge Crossed by First Train |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |agency=AP |date=14 January 1939 |newspaper=San Jose News |accessdate=24 March 2016}}</ref>

Construction of rail facilities (including laying tracks on the bridge and construction of the new San Francisco terminal) for the Bay Bridge had cost the state an estimated {{US$|15000000|1939|round=-5}}, and the state had invested an additional {{US$|3666129|1939|round=-5}} in rolling stock, which was leased to the railroad companies.<ref name=BG19410502 /> The terminal cost was estimated at {{US$|2300000|1939|round=-5}},<ref name=SJNews /> and it was expected to serve upwards of 60,000 passengers per day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opening of Rail Traffic on Bay Bridge Feted Saturday |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=12 January 1939 |newspaper=Madera Tribune }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/Huge-sculpture-to-rise-from-debris-of-transit-hub-2389466.php |title=Huge sculpture to rise from debris of transit hub |author=King, John |date=10 March 2011 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=25 March 2016 }}</ref>