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Alameda is a city located in Alameda County, California. It is a city on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is on Bay Farm Island, which it shares with the Oakland International Airport. The city has a small town feel with its Victorian homes and tree lined neighborhoods. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 72,259. The city was founded on June 6, 1853.
Alameda was not originally an island and was formerly a land extension of Oakland. The need for expanded shipping facilities in the late 19th century in both cities led to a shipping and tidal channel that was dug between the two cities in 1902--the estuary--which resulted in Alameda becoming an "island" with most of the dug up soil used to fill in some sections of the nearby land.
Today the island consists of the main original section that is bookended by the former Naval Air Station, and Bay Farm Island, which is actually part of the mainland proper. Both of these ends are built on artificial hydraulic landfill on top of the bay's muddy bottom.
The Naval Air Station Alameda was decomissioned and is in process of being turned over to the City of Alameda for civilian development. The area of the former NAS is now known as "Alameda Point." Portions of Alameda Point are now in commercial use, but the transfer process has been slowed down by disputes between the Navy and the City regarding payment for environmental cleanup of the land.
Vehicle access to the island is via three bridges to Oakland, a bridge to Bay Farm Island, and two one-way tunnels leading into Oakland's Chinatown. Bridges at Fruitvale Ave., High Street and Park Street and the tunnels at Webster Street and Harrison Street (the latter called the "Posey tube") connect Alameda and Oakland. Public transportation includes the AC Transit buses (which include express buses to San Francisco) and two ferry services--the Alameda-Oakland Ferry and the Harbor Bay Ferry. The island is also close to the BART train service.
Even though the island is just minutes off Interstate 880, the speed limit for the city is 25 mph (40 km/h) on almost every road. Many unawa
Source: [wikipedia: alameda, california]
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