The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the mile-wide, three-mile-long channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, to Marin County, bridging both U.S. Route 101 andCalifornia State Route 1 across the strait.
Maintained by | Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District[1] |
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Designer | Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, and Charles Ellis |
Design | Suspension, truss arch & truss causeways |
Material | Steel |
Total length | 8,981 ft (2,737.4 m),[2] about 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
Width | 90 ft (27.4 m) |
Height | 746 ft (227.4 m) |
Longest span | 4,200 ft (1,280.2 m)[3] |
Vertical clearance | 14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates, higher truck loads possible |
Clearance below | 220 ft (67.1 m) at Tide |
Construction begin | January 5, 1933 |
Construction end | April 19, 1937 |
Nature in California
In night
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