<Tr> <Th> Reference no . </Th> <Td> 222 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Golden Gate Bridge Bridges in the San Francisco Bay </Td> </Tr> <P> The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one - mile - wide (1.6 km) 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 . </P> <P> The Frommer's travel guide describes the Golden Gate Bridge as "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world ." It opened in 1937 and was, until 1964, the longest suspension bridge main span in the world, at 4,200 feet (1,280 m). </P>

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