Golden Gate Bridge
Structural specifications
A pedestrian poses at the old railing on opening day, 1937. Play media Opening of the Golden Gate Bridge Official invitation to the opening of the bridge. This copy was sent to the City of Seattle. Until 1964, the Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge main span in the world, at 4,200 feet (1,300 m). Since 1964 its main span length has been surpassed by fifteen bridges; it now has the second-longest main span in the United States, after the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. The total length of the Golden Gate Bridge from abutment to abutment is 8,981 feet (2,737 m).
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