Golden Gate Bridge

Puente en San Francisco, California, United States

• Abierto todo el año
• Duración típica: 1h

Acceso y tarifas

• vehicle toll applies — fee amount not stated in sources

Qué hacer

• ciclismo a través del puente (ruta: U.S. Bicycle Route 95)
• pedestrian crossing
• walking across bridge (infrastructure: pedestrian path)

Eventos y temporadas

• anniversary celebrations (temporada: around May 27) — opening date commemorated
• groundbreaking ceremony February 26 1933 (ubicación: Crissy Field · attendance: at least 100,000)
• groundbreaking ceremony January 5 1933 (date: January 5, 1933) — construction start date

Características

• construction cost $35 million (year: 1937)
• crosses golden gate strait (width: 1 mile (1.6 km) · water depth center: 372 ft (113 m))
• international orange color (designer: Irving Morrow)
• Irving Morrow selected color (color: International Orange · propósito: contrast with fog and landscape · designer: Irving Morrow)
• longest suspension bridge 1937–1964 (record type: longest span · record held until: 1964)
• painted international orange to improve visibility in heavy fog and complement its natural surroundings.
• puente colgante (span: 4,200 ft (1,280 m) · altura: 746 ft (227 m))
• tallest suspension bridge 1937–1998 (record type: tallest · record held until: 1998)
• wonder of modern world (awarded by: American Society of Civil Engineers)

Cerca de aquí

• crissy field (relación: groundbreaking ceremony site, 1933)
• marin county (north) (connection: northern terminus)
• presidio of san francisco (relación: San Francisco anchorage side)
• san francisco bay (relación: eastern side of strait)
• the presidio (relación: adjacent historic military post)

Datos útiles

• carries U.S. Bicycle Route 95
• carries us-101 and ca-1 (routes: U.S. Route 101, California State Route 1)
• completed April 19 1937
• construction began January 5 1933 (authority: Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District)
• construction cost 35m usd (equivalent 2019: USD 523 million)
• frequent fog and wind — affects visibility year-round
• frequently cloudy or foggy because cold ocean currents meet warm inland air, creating a natural funnel through the golden gate strait
• links San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County
• opened may 27, 1937 (year: 1937)
• the name "golden gate" comes from the golden gate strait

Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-X8FF-M35WF

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