The Gowden Gate Brig is a suspension brig spannin the Gowden Gate strait, the mile-wide, three-mile-lang channel atween San Francisco Bay an the Paceefic Ocean.
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Gowden Gate Brig |
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 A view o the Gowden Gate Brig frae the Marin Heidlands in Januar 2007. |
Coordinates | 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W |
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Carries | 6 lanes o US 101 / SR 1 (see ablo), pedestrians an bicycles |
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Crosses | Gowden Gate |
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Locale | San Francisco, Californie an Marin Coonty, Californie, U.S. |
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Mainteened bi | Gowden Gate Brig, Highway an Transportation Destrict[1] |
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Chairacteristics |
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Design | Suspension, truss arch & truss causeways |
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Material | Steel |
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Tot lenth | 8,981 ft (2,737.4 m),[2] about 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
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Width | 90 ft (27.4 m) |
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Hicht | 746 ft (227.4 m) |
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Langest span | 4,200 ft (1,280.2 m)[3] |
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Clearance abuin | 14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates, heicher truck loads possible |
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Clearance ablo | 220 ft (67.1 m) at Tide |
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History |
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Designer | Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, an Charles Ellis |
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Construction begin | Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000). |
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Construction end | Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000). |
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Opened | 27, 1937; 88 years ago (1937-05-27) |
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Statistics |
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Daily traffic | 110,000[4] |
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Toll | Caurs (soothboond anly) $8.00 (Pay bi plate), $7.00 (FasTrak), $5.00 (carpuils durin peak oors, FasTrak anly) |
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California Historical Laundmerk |
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Designatit | 18 Juin 1987[5] |
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Reference no. | 974 |
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San Francisco Designated Laundmerk |
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Designatit | 21 Mey 1999[6] |
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Reference no. | 222 |
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