Golden Gate Bridge
Iconic orange span
The Golden Gate Bridge is the suspension bridge that spans the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.
Completed in 1937, its distinctive International Orange color and Art Deco towers have made it an iconic symbol of San Francisco and California.
The bridge carries both vehicle and pedestrian traffic and was the longest suspension bridge span in the world for nearly three decades.
We walked across the Golden Gate Bridge on a foggy morning.
Heavy ropes or wires
- towersTall vertical structures
- anchoragesPlaces ships secure themselves
- catenaryGravity-formed suspension curve
- deckShip's flat surface
tension · strands · saddles · hangers · sway · rivets · load-bearing · galvanized
Northern California metropolitan region
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- AlcatrazFormer island penitentiary
- Fisherman's WharfFamous harborside tourist zone
- SausalitoMarin waterfront community
fog · Pacific Ocean · Chinatown · Napa Valley · waterfront · seaport
Constricted marine passage
- commuteRegular work travel
- tollFee for passage
- trafficMovement along routes
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
bicycle · vehicles · span · passage · transit · walkway · lanes · northbound
Filled-in outline shape
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- postcardMailable picture souvenir
- tourismLeisure travel sector
- photographyCreating images from light
panorama · scenic · viewpoint · skyline · sightseeing · attraction · monument · heritage
Relating to building framework
- constructionProcess of building something
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
- retrofittingUpdating existing with new
- foundationUnderlying support structure
piers · bedrock · aerodynamics · blueprint · civil · architecture · design · elevation
cables
Heavy ropes or wires
- towersTall vertical structures
- anchoragesPlaces ships secure themselves
- catenaryGravity-formed suspension curve
deck · tension · strands · saddles · hangers · sway · rivets · load-bearing · galvanized · steel
Bay Area
Northern California metropolitan region
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- AlcatrazFormer island penitentiary
- Fisherman's WharfFamous harborside tourist zone
Sausalito · fog · Pacific Ocean · Chinatown · Napa Valley · waterfront · seaport
strait
Constricted marine passage
pedestrian · bicycle · vehicles · span · passage · transit · walkway · lanes · northbound · southbound
silhouette
Filled-in outline shape
photography · panorama · scenic · viewpoint · skyline · sightseeing · attraction · monument · heritage · symbol
structural
Relating to building framework
- constructionProcess of building something
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
- retrofittingUpdating existing with new
foundation · piers · bedrock · aerodynamics · blueprint · civil · architecture · design · elevation · specifications
- US geographystates, capitals, state boundaries, state lines, regions
- Famous LandmarksEiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Great Wall, Pyramids of Giza, Giza pyramids
- bridgesPonte Vecchio, footbridge, viaduct, skybridge, suspension bridges
- American LandmarksStatue of Liberty, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, Grand Canyon
- California activitiessurfing, beach volleyball, hiking, wine tasting, whale watching
- City SightsStatue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Empire State Building, Sydney Opera House
Golden Gate Bridgestructural failure
Loss of load-bearing capacity
Golden Gate BridgeBrooklyn Bridge
Famous East River crossing
George Washington Bridge · Statue of Liberty · Empire State Building · Manhattan Bridge