Golden Gate Bridge travel guide describes the Golden Gate Bridge as "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world." At the time of its opening in 1937, it was both the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world, with a main span of and a total height of . Before the bridge was built, the only practical short route between San Francisco and what is now Marin County was by boat across a section of San Francisco Bay. A ferry service began as early as 1820, with a regularly scheduled service beginning in the 1840s for the
Sky Gate Bridge R Sky Gate Bridge R , serving the Kansai International Airport of Osaka, Japan, is the longest double-decked truss bridge in the world. It carries six lanes of automobile traffic on top and two of rail below, over nine truss spans. It links the mainland to the artificial island on which the airport is built. The Sky Gate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that measures 3,750 meters long, 29.5 meters wide (6 lanes), and 25 meters at its highest point in the center. The bridge commenced construction in June 1987, and was completed in March 1994. The bridge was damaged