The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the one mile wide (1.6 Kms) and 3 mile long (4.8 Kms) channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

the structure links the American city of San Francisco, California to Marin County.

It is one of the most internationally recognised symbols of San Francisco.

It opened in 1937 and was , until 1964, the longest main spam suspension bridge in the world, at 1300m.