Golden Gate Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W / 37.81972°N 122.47861°W |
Carries | 6 lanes of ![]() ![]() |
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] |
Characteristics | |
Design | Suspension, Art Deco, truss arch & truss causeways |
Material | Steel |
Total length | 8,980 ft (2,737.1 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), about 0.79 miles (1.28 km) |
Clearance above | 14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates, trucks cannot pass |
Clearance below | 220 ft (67.1 m) at high tide |
History | |
Architect | Irving Morrow |
Engineering design by | Joseph Strauss, Charles Ellis, Leon Solomon Moisseiff |
Construction start | January 5, 1933 |
Construction end | April 19, 1937 |
Opened | May 27, 1937 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 110,000[3] |
Toll | Cars (southbound only) $8.35 (Pay by plate), $7.35 (FasTrak), $5.35 (carpools during peak hours, FasTrak only) |
Designated | June 18, 1987[4] |
Reference no. | 974 |
Designated | May 21, 1999[5] |
Reference no. | 222 |
Location | |
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The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses over the San Francisco Bay, going from San Francisco to Marin County, in the U.S. state of California. It was opened for use in 1937. When the bridge was finished, its length of 9,266 feet (2,824 metres) made it the longest bridge in the world until 1964. It carries U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1. There is also a footpath for people and bicycles.