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The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in California, United States. The structure links San Francisco —the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula —to Marin County , carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State ...
It is also the geographic name of the promontory upon which the fort and the southern approach of the Golden Gate Bridge were constructed. [3] The fort was completed just before the American Civil War by the United States Army, to defend San Francisco Bay against hostile warships.
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.
San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge, looking southeast towards the City and East Bay. Alcatraz is the small islet in the upper-middle left. San Francisco Bay's profile changed dramatically in the late 19th century and again with the initiation of dredging by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the 20th century. Before about 1860, most ...
Golden Gate City – in reference to the Golden Gate Bridge [11] SF; SFC (San Francisco City) Sunset City; The City – used by native San Franciscans and people in the Bay Area [1] The City by the Bay – refers to San Francisco Bay [12]
On average, the district records over 30 deaths annually from people jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
The USS San Francisco steams under the Golden Gate Bridge in 1942, during World War II. Japantown residents form a line outside to appear for "processing" as required by Civilian Exclusion Order Number 20. [clarification needed] 1934 saw San Francisco become the center of the West Coast waterfront strike. The strike lasted eighty-three days and ...
The net, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars and was completed behind schedule, greatly reduced suicide deaths in 2023, according to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.