Yes, its true that great icon of the Bay Area in San Francisco is 70 years old today! Quite incredible that there are people who can easily remember the Bay without this incredible feat of engineering.
I have crossed this bridge possibly half a dozen times in my two visits to San Fran and it never ceases to amaze me how enormous this bridge is and how many people cross this bridge as part of their drive to work.
Trivia about the Golden Gate Bridge:
- The bridges most famous detail - its colour is called 'international orange' and was chosen to blend in with the surroundings.
- Along with our very own Tower Bridge in London it has the honour of being the most photographed bridge in the world (hmmm....I only have pictures of the GG bridge - even though I only live 20 miles from London I have never photographed Tower Bridge - how embarassing).
- The Golden Gate has a sister bridge in Portugal called the 25th April Bridge.
- The bridge has the highest number of suicides in the world
- It connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County as part of US Highway 101 and Calforinian State Highway 1.
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