Golden Gate Bridge
Coordinates | 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W﻿ / ﻿37.81972°N 122.47861°W﻿ / 37.81972; -122.47861 Coordinates: 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W﻿ / ﻿37.81972°N 122.47861°W﻿ / 37.81972; -122.47861
Crosses | Golden Gate
Locale | San Francisco, California and Marin County, California, U.S.
Official name | Golden Gate Bridge
Maintained by | Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
Characteristics
Design | Art Deco, Suspension, truss arch & truss causeways
Material | Steel
Total length | 8,981 ft (2,737.4 m), about 1.7 mi (2.7 km)
Width | 90 ft (27.4 m)
Height | 746 ft (227.4 m)
Longest span | 4,200 ft (1,280.2 m), about 0.79 miles (1.28 km)
Clearance above | 14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates, Trucks cannot pass
Clearance below | 220 ft (67.1 m) at high tide
History
Architect | Irving Morrow
Engineering design by | Joseph Strauss, and Charles Ellis
Construction start | January 5, 1933 (1933-01-05)
Construction end | April 19, 1937 (1937-04-20)
Opened | May 27, 1937; 81 years ago (1937-05-27)
Statistics
Daily traffic | 110,000
Toll | Cars (southbound only) $8.00 (Pay by plate), $7.00 (FasTrak), $5.00 (carpools during peak hours, FasTrak only)
California Historical Landmark
Designated | June 18, 1987
Reference no. | 974
San Francisco Designated Landmark
Designated | May 21, 1999
Reference no. | 222