ernest sanchez with the san francisco bay ferry service waited on the extra transportation. >> we willing service every day over the five days. as i mentioned, that is why we are on this extended schedule. >> if you have not figured it out, i would say now is the time. >> stay with kron4 and we will keep you updated. you can also get the latest on our web site and you can also use our new mobile app. there is a special tie out the voted for the bay bridgle devoted to the bay bridge. >> mode eastern span may be closing for good today but it will not be disappearing any time soon. bay bridge officials say it will take on three years to take apart and remove the unsay span. though old bridge was built in 1936 and has been slated for replacements since 1989. bridge officials say that the whole span will be below very carefully due to its proximity. the $233 million removal project is part of the overall $6.4 billion cost of the bridge. >> developing story out of fairfield were a grass fire destroyed homes and forced dozens of people to evacuate. the fire started in a grassy area just off o

spokesman ernest sanchez says the recent bart strike taught them something: add more ferries. >> we have a good schedule for the public. >> reporter: the next five days will test our public services and for many our patience too. at this point, the key thing to remember, officials say, is this. >> but right now, the date and time that everyone needs to pay attention to is the bridge closes at 8 p.m. tomorrow on wednesday and the new bridge opens at 5 a.m. on tuesday. and that's -- those are the dates and times that everyone should be planning their transit based on. >> reporter: so very important. closes 8:00 tomorrow, the new bridge opens 5 a.m. the following tuesday. and if you have any questions about your commute, it's requested that you dial 511 for all those traffic details. live on treasure island, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> we have all you need to know to get around the bay bridge closure. check out our survival guide at kpix.com/bridge. coming up at 6:30, meet the man who will be the last to drive over the old bay bridge and the first to cross the new span. why his car was hand-pick

i just got off the phone with ernest sanchez, a spokesperson with the bay ferries. things are running smoothly but it's a very long morning to say the least so there may be some delays later. san francisco bay ferries say they will be running 11 boats this morning taking commuters into san francisco and vice versa. on a normal service, there's typically eight ferries that run. san francisco bay ferries say they are expecting a 15% increase during the closure. not a big increase as we saw during the bart strike but an increase nonetheless. some riders we spoke with this morning say they're actually surprised there isn't a longer line this morning like there was during the bart strike. >> i actually missed the strike because i was on vacation. talking to my other regular riders who i ride with every day, they say it was three, four times normal the amount of people. it would be smart to get here a little earlier than normal. >> reporter: larkspur ferries also adding more ferry boats. not today, though or tomorrow but over the weekend. salsilito ferry will have added s

i just got off the phone, got another update with ernest sanchez.y. as of 8:00 they've had 21 departures from the terminals. a 6:30 ferry boat marked out at 330 passengers. about ten passengers were left behind to catch the next ferry that left at 7:00 this morning. the san francisco bay ferry says they will be running 11 boats taking commuters to san francisco and vice versa. on a normal service there would be eight boats. some say they are looking forward to the bridge finally being done. >> i want it to be done. >> two of my bosses are out of the office. i'm gonna take advantage as well. >> reporter: we heard that from a lot of commuters from the ferry terminal saying there are gonna take tomorrow off. if you have to go to work tomorrow, larkspur ferry is adding more ferries with another late night ferry and sausalito ferry will have added service on saturday, sunday and mon because of the sausalito art festival. looking forward to the weekend, san francisco bay ferry says they will be adding six boats. normally there would be three that would be