G is for Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 1937 and is a masterwork in engineering. Located in San Francisco, California it is one of the most photographed bridges because it is one of the greatest and beautiful bridges in the United States. It cost $35 million and more than four years to construct. It stretches over 4,200 feet, 1.7 miles long and is a great achievement in suspension bridge engineering especially considering it is over half a century old. The bridge’s two towers are 746 feet tall. It held the world record for 27 years as the longest suspension span and it still the second longest in the United States, following after the Verranzano-Narrows Bridge in New York that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island. It is the ninth longest bridge in the world.

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