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The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Here are some key details about it:
• Location: San Francisco, California, USA
• Construction Dates: January 5, 1933 - April 19, 1937
• Opening Date: May 27, 1937
• Designer: Joseph Strauss (chief engineer)
• Main Span Length: 4,200 feet (1,280 meters)
• Total Length: 8,981 feet (2,737 meters)
• Height: 746 feet (227 meters) above the water
The bridge's two main towers are 746 feet tall, making them the tallest bridge towers in the U.S. at the time of its completion. The total weight of the bridge is 887,000 tons. It was the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its opening. The bridge is painted continuously to maintain its distinctive color and protect it from the corrosive sea air.
The Golden Gate Bridge remains a testament to early 20th-century engineering and a symbol of San Francisco and the broader Bay Area.