Golden Gate Brig

The Gowden Gate Brig is a suspension brig spannin the Gowden Gate strait, the mile-wide, three-mile-lang channel atween San Francisco Bay an the Paceefic Ocean.

Gowden Gate Brig
A view o the Gowden Gate Brig frae the Marin Heidlands in Januar 2007.
Coordinates	37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W
Carries	6 lanes o US 101 / SR 1 (see ablo), pedestrians an bicycles
Crosses	Gowden Gate
Locale	San Francisco, Californie an Marin Coonty, Californie, U.S.
Mainteened bi	Gowden Gate Brig, Highway an Transportation Destrict[1]
Chairacteristics
Design	Suspension, truss arch & truss causeways
Material	Steel
Tot lenth	8,981 ft (2,737.4 m),[2] about 1.7 mi (2.7 km)
Width	90 ft (27.4 m)
Hicht	746 ft (227.4 m)
Langest span	4,200 ft (1,280.2 m)[3]
Clearance abuin	14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates, heicher truck loads possible
Clearance ablo	220 ft (67.1 m) at Tide
History
Designer	Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, an Charles Ellis
Construction begin	Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000).
Construction end	Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000).
Opened	27, 1937; 87 years ago (1937-05-27)
Statistics
Daily traffic	110,000[4]
Toll	Caurs (soothboond anly) $8.00 (Pay bi plate), $7.00 (FasTrak), $5.00 (carpuils durin peak oors, FasTrak anly)
California Historical Laundmerk
Designatit	18 Juin 1987[5]
Reference no.	974
San Francisco Designated Laundmerk
Designatit	21 Mey 1999[6]
Reference no.	222

References

1. "Golden Gate Transportation District". Goldengate.org. Retrieved 20 Juin 2010.
2. Golden Gate Bridge at Structurae
3. Denton, Harry et al. (2004) "Lonely Planet San Francisco" Lonely Planet, United States, ISBN 1-74104-154-6
4. "Annual Vehicle Crossings and Toll Revenues, FY 1938 to FY 2011". Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Archived frae the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
5. "Golden Gate Bridge". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
6. "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Archived frae the original on 25 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.