A suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the entrance to San Francisco Bay, connecting the city of San Francisco to Marin County. Opened in 1937 after four years of construction under chief engineer Joseph Strauss, it was at the time both the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world and remains an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Completion Year SignificanceAt completion the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world. 1 Connections
Operated By
Source Wikipedia: Golden Gate Bridge
Pioneered By
Source Wikipedia: Golden Gate Bridge
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1. Wikipedia: Golden Gate Bridge
WikipediaIntroduction, routes carried
carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait.
- Overview
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Steel
- Part Of: Road Transport
In Group: Suspension Bridges, Lead sentence
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in California, United States.
Operated By: Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, Infobox: maint
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
Pioneered By: Joseph Strauss, Infobox: engineering
Joseph Strauss, Charles Ellis, Leon Solomon Moisseiff
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