Golden Gate Bridge - Whole Wide World

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GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

Location: San Francisco, California

Length: 8,981 feet (2,737 meters)

Years Built: 1933 to 1937

Primary Engineers: Joseph Strauss and Charles Ellis

Primary Architect: Irving Morrow

Purpose: to connect San Francisco and Marin County

Number of Vehicle Crossings Each Year: around 40 million