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Overview

Photos taken 1984 by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record
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Deck view

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View from tower

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Goldengate

Close up of Railing on Golden Gate Bridge

Photo taken by Father of David B. Haun

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Goldengate

View of the Golden Gate Bridge

Photo taken by David B. Haun

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Goldengate

Golden Gate Bridge in Distance

Photo taken by Mother of David B. Haun

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Facts 

Overview
Suspension bridge over San Francisco Bay on US 101 at San Francisco
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1937
Design
Wire suspension
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 4,201.3 ft.
Total length: 9,155.0 ft.
Deck width: 62.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.82000, -122.47667   (decimal degrees)
37°49'12" N, 122°28'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
CA 27-52 (California bridge number)
BH 11421 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2004)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 58.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1999)
108,000

Categories 

Built 1937 (329)
Built during 1930s (5,130)
California (1,021)
Functionally obsolete (5,063)
HAER documented (284)
Marin County, California (17)
NR-eligible (2,567)
Open (21,591)
Over a mile long (94)
Owned by state (6,524)
San Francisco County, California (9)
Span length over 1000 feet (65)
Suspension (151)
Total length over 2500 feet (337)
US 101 (61)

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Golden Gate Bridge
Posted April 20, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Photo 1 Golden Gate Bridge walkway and view of Harbor in San Francisco

Photo 2 View of Golden Gate Bridge

Photo 3 Similar view of golden Gate Bridge possibility of better light

Photo 4 Golden Gate Bridge in Distance

Photo 5 View Golden Gate Bridge in distance

Photo 6 Another View of Golden Gate Bridge

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Golden Gate Bridge
Posted April 13, 2008, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Driving Distance, San Francisco to Sausalito, without taking any ferries:

1927 to 1938, after the Carquinez Bridge opened: 145 Miles

1938 to present, after the GG Bridge opened: 8 miles

Golden Gate Bridge
Posted November 19, 2007, by nick h.

What was the purpose of this bridge when they first built it? Did they know it would become a historic landmark?

Golden Gate Bridge
Posted August 4, 2007, by Anonymous (dmrd77 [at] att [dot] net)

I crossed the golden gate bridge many times from October, 1952 to June, 1954. I was stationed at Fort Berry, accross the bay from San Francisco. My wife Carolyn and I had an appartment in San Francisco. I went to see the San Francisco Seals baseball team play many games. They were members of the Pacific coast league. Some of the other league members were Oakland, Los Angles, Hollywood, San Deigo, Portland, and Seattle. Major league baseball haden't come to the west coast yet. We also saw one of the major ice shows at The Cow Palace. We have lots of memories in San Francisco. Oh, buy the way. We walked to the middle of the golden one time.

Golden Gate Bridge
Posted October 28, 2006, by Rafael Jonathan (edunumeroum [at] yahoo [dot] com [dot] br)

perfect bridge