The 1.7-mile-long Golden Gate Bridge, an icon of the San Francisco Bay region, connects the city of San Francisco to Marin County, California.

The Golden Gate Bridge is 8,981 feet long. The Golden Gate Bridge is 746 feet tall. Total cost of construction was $35 million.

A net bridge costing $130,000 was installed under the bridge as it was being built and saved 19 lives.

It's the most photographed bridge in the world. Longest bridge in the world until 1964.