Education in Australia. 1  The percentage of people employed in Australia with a bachelor's degree or higher qualification: 29%. 2  The percentage of people employed in Australia with a cert III or higher VET qualification: 31%.
The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest span in the world from its completion in 1937 until the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York in 1964. Today, it still has the ninth-longest suspension span in the world. 1  A few Golden Gate Bridge facts to illustrate its size: 2  Total length: Including approaches, 1.7 miles (8,981 feet or 2,737 m) 3  Middle span: 4,200 feet (1,966 m). 4  Width: 90 feet (27 m) 5  Clearance above the high water (average): 220 feet (67 m) more information...
Other figures: Height: 746 feet; Width: 90 feet; Clearance underneath: 220 feet at mean high water. The Golden Gate Bridge was opened to vehicular traffic on May 28, 1937 at twelve o'clock noon...over 70 years old. The Golden Gate Bridge took more than four years for construction at a cost of $35 million.