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Golden Gate Bridge
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View from the
Presidio of San Francisco, 2017
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| Coordinates | 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W / 37.81972°N 122.47861°W / 37.81972; -122.47861 |
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| Crosses | Golden Gate |
| Locale | San Francisco, California and Marin County, California, U.S. |
| Official name | Golden Gate Bridge |
| Maintained by | Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District[1] |
| Website | goldengate |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension, Art Deco, truss arch & truss causeways |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 8980 ft,[2] about 1.70 mi (2.74 km) |
| Width | 90 ft (27.4 m) |
| Height | 746 ft (227.4 m) |
| Longest span | 4200 ft,[3] about 0.79 mi (1.27 km) |
| Clearance above | 14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates |
| Clearance below | 220 ft (67.1 m) at high tide |
| History | |
| Architect | Irving Morrow |
| Engineering design by | Joseph Strauss, Charles Ellis, Leon Solomon Moisseiff |
| Constructed by | Barrett and Hilp |
| Construction start | January 5, 1933 (1933-01-05) |
| Construction end | April 19, 1937 (1937-04-20) |
| Opened | May 27, 1937; 87 years ago (1937-05-27) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 88,716 (FY2020)[4] |
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| Designated | June 18, 1987[5] |
| Reference no. | 974 |
| Designated | May 21, 1999[6] |
| Reference no. | 222 |
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Golden Gate Bridge
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|---|---|
|
View from the
Presidio of San Francisco, 2017
|
|
| Coordinates | 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W / 37.81972°N 122.47861°W / 37.81972; -122.47861 |
| Carries |
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| Crosses | Golden Gate |
| Locale | San Francisco, California and Marin County, California, U.S. |
| Official name | Golden Gate Bridge |
| Maintained by | Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District[1] |
| Website | goldengate |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension, Art Deco, truss arch & truss causeways |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 8980 ft,[2] about 1.70 mi (2.74 km) |
| Width | 90 ft (27.4 m) |
| Height | 746 ft (227.4 m) |
| Longest span | 4200 ft,[3] about 0.79 mi (1.27 km) |
| Clearance above | 14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates |
| Clearance below | 220 ft (67.1 m) at high tide |
| History | |
| Architect | Irving Morrow |
| Engineering design by | Joseph Strauss, Charles Ellis, Leon Solomon Moisseiff |
| Constructed by | Barrett and Hilp |
| Construction start | January 5, 1933 (1933-01-05) |
| Construction end | April 19, 1937 (1937-04-20) |
| Opened | May 27, 1937; 87 years ago (1937-05-27) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 88,716 (FY2020)[4] |
| Toll |
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| Designated | June 18, 1987[5] |
| Reference no. | 974 |
| Designated | May 21, 1999[6] |
| Reference no. | 222 |
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