the san francisco golden gate bridge was built in 1937.
the san francisco golden gate bridge was built in 1937.
when was the san francisco golden gate bridge built?
1937
before the golden gate bridge was completed in 1937, there was regular vehicle ferry service across the golden gate strait, running from the hyde street pier to sausalito. under the , the golden gate bridge is legally "not" part of us 101. the portion of us 101 starting from los angeles ends at "the approach to the golden gate bridge" and then resumes at "a point in marin county opposite san francisco" to the oregon state line. the bridge itself is maintained by the golden gate bridge, highway and transportation district instead of caltrans.
u.s. route 101 in california
although earlier ferries had carried teams and wagons, "melrose" was launched in 1909 as the first san francisco bay ferry built with an unobstructed lower deck specifically intended for automobiles, and an upper deck for passengers. southern pacific ferries "melrose" and "thoroughfare" were designated to carry automobiles to and from san francisco on the original creek route in 1911. southern pacific built new facilities to shift auto routing to the oakland pier in 1921 and purchased three new six minute ferries. in 1922, golden gate ferry company (gg) began transporting automobiles between hyde street pier in san francisco and sausalito ferry terminal in marin county. southern pacific purchased three more auto ferries with a ferry route linking san francisco with a richmond, california connection to the lincoln highway in 1925. golden gate established another route between hyde street and berkeley pier in 1927. southern pacific built six diesel-electric ferries and gained control of golden gate's "golden"-prefix ferries to form the subsidiary southern pacific-golden gate company in 1929. another auto ferry pier operated at the foot of broadway. southern pacific-golden gate auto ferries ceased operation shortly after the san francisco–oakland bay bridge and golden gate bridge opened. a few of the larger ferries were purchased by the richmond-san rafael ferry company to shuttle automobiles between richmond and san rafael, but most were sold for use in puget sound. the surviving auto ferries were idled when the richmond–san rafael bridge opened in 1956.
ferries of san francisco bay