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California Bridges
Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is full of superlatives: Most Photographed; Most pedestrians; Most Suicides. It is no longer the longest bridge, but still one of the most elegant suspension bridge in the world.

Golden Gate Bridge
Type Suspension   Year Opened May 1937
# of Decks 1   # of lanes/tracks 6 lanes
Total Length 8981 (includes approaches)   Main Span Length 4200 feet
Highway/RR CA-1   Misc Connects SF with Marin County
Toll $5.00 southbound only  
Comments Probably the most recognized bridge in the world, certainly one of most elegant!
sf-ggbridge-111701-13.jpg (300200 bytes)View from the bay (11/17/01) sf-ggbridge-111801-01.jpg (299981 bytes)View from GG Park in SF. (11/18/01)
sf-ggbridge-111701-01.jpg (260477 bytes)The beautiful International Orange is the sun! (11/17/01) sf-ggbridge-111701-08.jpg (224585 bytes)Spanning the bay (11/17/01)
View from the pedestrian walkway. (5/27/05) From below at the Presidio. (5/28/05)
Looking up. (5/27/05) Looking from the Marin County side towards SF. (5/27/05)
View from a commercial aircraft (7/17/07)  

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