Photos
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Photos taken 1984 by Jet Lowe Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking North, Showing The Bridge In Background And A 'Section' Of The Wire Cable In The Foreground Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of Bridge, Looking North, Showing The 'Bay Side' Of The Structure Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking North, With Approach Span Deck Arch On Left Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking North, Showing The 'Sea Side' Of The Structure Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking South, Showing The 'Bay Side' Of The Bridge Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking South, Showing Concrete Anchorage At The North Abutment Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View, Looking North, Showing Entrance To Pedestrian Walkway Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General 'Barrel Shot', Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View, Looking North From Bridge Deck, Showing Cables And Suspenders Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View, Looking North From Bridge Deck, Showing Cables And Suspenders Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View, Looking North, Showing Tower Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Tower, Looking Up From Bridge Deck Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Approach Span Deck Arch At South Abutment Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Trestle And Truss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Suspender Connection To Cable Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Showing Foundation Of Trestle And Truss Approach Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Showing Connection Between Trestle And Bridge Deck Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Trestle Foundation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General Elevation View, Looking East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking North From Shoreline, With Unidentified Sightseers In Foreground Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking South At Dusk, Showing The 'Sea Side' Of The Bridge Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Showing Lighting Fixture On Bridge Deck Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View, Looking South, Showing Cable, Suspenders, Lighting Fixture And Bridge Deck Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Telephoto View, Looking East, Showing Southern Tower With San Francisco In Background Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Telephoto View Showing Top Of Tower Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking South, Showing Fortification In Foreground Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View From Top Of Southern Tower, Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View From Top Of Southern Tower, Showing Cable Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View From Top Of Southern Town, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View From Top Of Southern Tower, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Cable Seat On Top Of Southern Tower Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Communication 'Dishes' At Top Of Southern Tower Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Cable And Suspender Connection Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Showing Connection Of Suspender To Floorbeam Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Suspender And Floorbeam Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Approach Span Deck Arch Abutment Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Approach Span Trestle And Truss Structure Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Approach Span At Southern End Of Bridge Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Southern Approach Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Bridge Plate Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Showing Section Of Cable And Statue Of Joseph B. Strauss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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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 |
Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over San Francisco Bay on US 101 at San Francisco
- Location
- San Francisco County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1937
- Builders
- - Bethlehem Steel Co.
- Charles A. Ellis
- Irving Morrow
- John A. Roebling's Sons Co.
- Joseph Strauss
- Leon Moisseiff
- Pacific Bridge Co.
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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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") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/546059/4185972 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- San Francisco North
- 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
Update Log
- September 14, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
- August 19, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
- April 30, 2008: New photos from David B. Haun
- August 18, 2006: Posted HAER photos
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District - Website of the authority that operates the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Transit and Golden Gate Ferry.
- David B. Haun - dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com
- Michael Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] odot [dot] state [dot] or [dot] us
- HAER CA-31 - Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
Comments
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
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
What was the purpose of this bridge when they first built it? Did they know it would become a historic landmark?
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.
perfect bridge