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The Golden
Gate Bridge |
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| On the south
side of the bridge, a 36.5 inch wide cross-section of the cable, containing
27,572 separate wires, is on display. |
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Signs and flowers just
before starting to walk over the Golden Gate Bridge |
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| The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed during the year 1937, and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 2007, it was ranked fifth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. | |
The two RV Gypsies walk
on the Golden Gate Bridge - obviously it is a very foggy day. |
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| Irving Morrow, a relatively unknown residential architect, designed the overall shape of the bridge towers, the lighting scheme, and Art Deco elements such as the streetlights, railing, and walkways. | |
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The famous International
Orange color was originally used as a sealant for the bridge. Many locals
persuaded Irving Morrow to paint the bridge in the vibrant orange color
instead of the standard silver or gray, and the color has been kept ever
since. |
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Speed Checked by Radar
sign - is that a radar gun in Karen's hand??? LOL |
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| Since its completion in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has been closed due to weather conditions only three times: on 1 December 1951, because of gusts of 69 mph; on 23 December 1982, because of winds of 70 mph; and on 3 December 1983, because of wind gusts of 75 mph. | |
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LOOKING DOWN FROM THE SIDE
OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE |
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THE FIRST TOWER: The weight
of the roadway is hung off of two cables that pass through the two main
towers and are fixed in concrete at each end. Each cable is made of 27,572
strands of wire. There are 80,000 miles of wire in each of the two main
cables; the total is sufficient to go around the world 5.79 times. The
bridge has approximately 1,200,000 total rivets. |
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VIEW OF THE SIDE OF THE
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE |
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Some better views of the
bridge with photos taken from down below the bridge |
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Different views of the
Golden Gate Bridge as seen from Fisherman's Wharf |
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And finally, views of the
bridge from somewhere off to the side of the bridge |
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| The Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular place to commit suicide in the United States and is one of the most popular in the world. The deck is approximately 245 feet above the water. After a fall of approximately four seconds, jumpers hit the water at some 86 miles per hour, which can be fatal. Some of those who survive the impact, drown or die of hypothermia in the cold water. | |
| Thank
you for viewing the photos of the Golden Gate Bridge. Please continue to enjoy the photos in the other 4 sections below. (the page you are on is grayed out and not clickable) |
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The Golden Gate Bridge |
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| AFTER you have viewed all 5 of the photo sections above, please continue on to Redding, the largest California city north of Sacramento for photos of Mount Shasta, Shasta Lake, Shasta Dam, and the Sundial Bridge. |