A statue of Willie Mays stands outside Oracle Park in San Francisco on July 8, 2024. The San Francisco Giants legend will soon have another tribute in the form of a 2-mile stretch of Interstate 80 that is being renamed Willie Mays Highway in his honor. (Cole Reynolds/Bay City News)

Drivers entering and leaving San Francisco over the Bay Bridge will soon pass through Willie Mays Highway after a resolution to rename a portion of Interstate 80 passed the state Legislature.

Mays, the longtime and legendary San Francisco Giants outfielder and baseball pioneer, died in July at the age of 93.

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