The light display illuminating the Bay Bridge for 10 years is set to come down Sunday, but it's not certain if a new light display will replace it.
The iconic lights that have run alongside the Bay Bridge for 10 years will go dark and come down Sunday, but the fate of the public art display that has illuminated the San Francisco Bay is still uncertain.
At 8 p.m. Sunday, the 1.8-mile stretch of the western side of the bridge will be shut down and the LED lights that were first illuminated exactly 10 years earlier will be taken down, John Goodwin, spokesperson for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission confirmed.a Hail Mary fundraising effort to collect $11 million to keep the art project alive, and are continuing their campaign to bring back the Bay Bridge lights after they go dark.
The project would need 50,000 lights, which would extend the life of the display another 10 years, he said. But in order to do that, Davis needs 10 millionaires to donate $1 million each by Sunday.At the time, Davis said it was uncertain what would happen to the display if the $11 million was not raised.
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