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The total length of the Golden Gate Bridge from abutment to abutment is 8,981 feet (2,737 m). [56] The Golden Gate Bridge's clearance above high water averages 220 feet (67 m) while its towers, at 746 feet (227 m) above the water, [56] were the world's tallest on a suspension bridge until 1993 when it was surpassed by the Mezcala Bridge, in Mexico.
When the Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937, the approach for northbound traffic to Marin County was carried solely by Doyle Drive, from the east. Although a second approach from the south, known as the Funston Avenue approach, was included in the initial plans for the bridge, [1] it was not ready in time for the opening; just a year after opening, traffic over the bridge had doubled by 1938 ...
A worker falls from the Golden Gate Bridge and is hanging by his safety rope. The Streets of San Francisco , a crime drama television series produced by Quinn Martin Productions (1972–77), starring Karl Malden and Michael Douglas , filmed a shootout scene in Fort Point.
The Golden Gate is a strait on the west coast of North America that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. [2] It is defined by the headlands of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Marin Peninsula, and, since 1937, has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge connects sections of US 101 between San Francisco and Marin County. The divided highway travels through the north side of the Presidio and tunnels under a portion of the park as it approaches the Golden Gate Bridge, [30] a tolled suspension bridge across the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
Since it opened in 1937, around 2,000 people have jumped to their deaths from the bridge. However, as not all jumps are witnessed and not all bodies are found, the actual number could be higher.
The Golden Gate Bridge closes to automobile traffic for the first time in its history, in order to install a mobile concrete median (pictured) Birds coated with an unidentified sticky grey substance are found along the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay , and are sent to International Bird Rescue in Fairfield for cleanup efforts [ 18 ]
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