Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the American city of San Francisco, California – the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula – to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait. The bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and the United States. It has been declared one of the Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Frommer's
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