Golden Gate Bridge
Photos
Photos taken 1984 by Jet Lowe
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #124295
Videos
Driving the Golden Gate Bridge Driving the Golden Gate Bridge 2010 By SLDdigital Video posted by Sean Dickinson | |
Golden Gate Bridge Driving over the bridge in 2013. Updated to include back and side views. Also includes the "Rainbow Tunnel". The reason for the update is because YouTube flagged the original video as "advertiser unfriendly". Mark Shannon |
Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over San Francisco Bay on US 101 at San Francisco
- Location
- San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, and Marin County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1937
- Builders
- - Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Steel Erection)
- Charles A. Ellis (Design and Design Calculations)
- Crane Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Railing Materials)
- Irving Morrow
- John A. Roebling's Sons Co. of Roebling, New Jersey (Cables)
- Joseph Strauss (Chief Engineer)
- Leon Moisseiff of Riga, Latvia (Consulting Engineer)
- Pacific Bridge Co. of Portland, Oregon
- Public Works Administration
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 4,201.3 ft. (0.8 mi.)
Total length: 9,155.0 ft. (1.7 mi.)
Deck width: 62.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.81715, -122.47856 (decimal degrees)
37°49'02" N, 122°28'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/545895/4185656 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- San Francisco North
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 112,000
- Inventory numbers
- CA 27-52 (California bridge number)
BH 11421 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of December 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 59.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- December 17, 2019: New photo from Spacey Stacey Morgan
- August 25, 2018: New photos from Josh Schmid
- May 11, 2018: New Street View added by Leslie R trick
- April 11, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- March 23, 2018: New photo from Stacey Morgan
- November 22, 2017: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Orthotropic Deck"
- November 8, 2017: New photos from Christopher Finigan
- October 22, 2017: New video from Mark Shannon
- March 5, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Public Works Administration"
- November 22, 2016: New photos from Sean Dickinson
- November 20, 2016: New photos from Daniel Barnes
- January 16, 2016: New photos from Sean Dickinson
- January 6, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added railing supplier.
- November 30, 2014: New video from Mark Shannon
- October 17, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
- October 2, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- September 7, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- July 26, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- July 10, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
- October 26, 2013: New photo from Jann Mayer
- September 17, 2013: New photo from Pedro Rezende
- December 30, 2012: New photo from Bill Culp
- December 8, 2012: New photos from Sean Dickinson
- May 27, 2012: New photo from Craig Philpott
- March 11, 2012: Photos imported by James Baughn
- November 6, 2011: New photos from Craig Philpott
- August 27, 2011: New photos from Sean Dickinson
- August 29, 2010: New photos from Craig Philpott
- June 8, 2010: New Street View added by Nick Brnot
- 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
- Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
- HAER CA-31 - Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Sean Dickinson - SLDdigital [at] live [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Todd Wilson
- Bill Culp
- Christopher Finigan
- Pedro Rezende - bb40t2 [at] yahoo [dot] com [dot] br
- Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
- Andrew Raker
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
- Mark Shannon
- Nathan Holth
- Daniel Barnes
- Spacey Stacey Morgan - spacey_stacey81 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Richard Doody
- Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com
- Josh Schmid
Comments
Nice hyphen!
And much greater appeal for highwayfans (not that there's anything wrong with that...)
So, should this listing be changed to US 101-Golden Gate Bridge :-)
(Runs for cover)
New moveable median barrier installed. Article, lots of photos at http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-wor...
This video focuses on the positive side of the suicide problem that plagues this bridge. It's called "Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge," and tells the story of a patrolman who has saved many lives here.
Maybe we can get the farmer to build a replica of the Hulton Bridge next.
Most people go to this bridge, like others, to cross from Marin County to the City or vice versa. It is one of the best commutes ever, from fog to blue skies, coming out of the rainbow tunnel to view this bridge is one of the greatest things ever.
All bridges have their sad stories but to dis one of our greatest engineering marvels because of a few sad souls is simply wrong. So whomever you are, that is not why most people go here. The Bay Area is blessed with large bridges and this one changed lives when it was built. Marin was no longer just a quiet summer place, accessible only by ferry.
And if jumping is a choice why not from there. Bridges, at least truss bridges, are a magnet for ghost stories but also for great memories. Not going to denigrate this one, she is one of my favorites.
Maintenance is a good thing. Too bad all bridges aren't so well looked after.
"Flared" typically means the bridge does not have a uniform width throughout the bridge.
whats the climate like
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
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ca/san-francisco/golden-gate/
Here is Joseph Strauss's proposed design for the Golden Gate bridge the reason this design did not work is because the the public thought it was ugly.
https://medium.com/urban-explorations/the-other-golden-gate-...