California to Name Tunnel After Robin Williams
California will be soon be getting a Robin Williams Tunnel.
A bill to rename the tunnel, which connects the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County and was once part of the comedian’s daily commute, sailed through the California Assembly 76-0 yesterday. The tunnel is currently known as the Waldo Tunnel and has also been nicknamed the “rainbow tunnel” because of its painted archways.
The bill, which started out as an online petition, will now be considered by the state Senate.
The tunnel’s rainbows “personify Robin in that he was so playful, fun, accessible, alive and colorful” and are also reminiscent of the suspenders he wore in Mork and Mindy, writes petition starter Julie Wainwright, who lived near Williams in Marin County.