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 / 37.81972°N 122.47861°WCoordinates: 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W / 37.81972°N 122.47861°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 |
| 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) |
| Designatit | 18 Juin 1987[5] |
| Reference no. | 974 |
| Designatit | 21 Mey 1999[6] |
| Reference no. | 222 |
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References
eedit- ↑ "Golden Gate Transportation District". Goldengate.org. Retrieved 20 Juin 2010.
- ↑ Golden Gate Bridge at Structurae
- ↑ Denton, Harry et al. (2004) "Lonely Planet San Francisco" Lonely Planet, United States, ISBN 1-74104-154-6
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Golden Gate Bridge". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ↑ "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Archived frae the original on 25 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.