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Aerial view of the Golden Gate Bridge stretching across the bay toward hills in San Francisco, California, with cars visible on the bridge and water below. Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge spans the entrance to San Francisco Bay, with its tall red towers and suspension cables rising above the water and hills in the background. San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge spans the entrance to San Francisco Bay, with its tall red towers and suspension cables set against distant hills and water. San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge Aerial view of the Golden Gate Bridge stretching across the water toward the hills of Marin County, with San Francisco Bay and distant cityscape in the background.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Added details on the bridge's construction history. Sep 01, 2026
Invalidated site: Social Studies for Kids - The Golden Gate Bridge. Jul 07, 2026
Add new Web site: Sah Archipedia - Golden Gate Bridge. Oct 03, 2025
Add new Web site: U.S. Federal Highway Administration - Highway History - Two Bay Area Bridges - The Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Mar 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. Nov 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Golden Gate Bridge. May 19, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Golden Gate Bridge. Mar 29, 2022
Article revised. Aug 05, 2020
Add new Web site: Federal Highway Administration - Contributions and Crossroads: Our National Road System?s Impact on the U.S. Economy and Way of Life (1916-2016) - Golden Gate Bridge. Jan 11, 2019
Add new Web site: Armstrong School - Golden Gate Bridge Facts For Kids. Jan 11, 2019
Added information on the deaths during construction and mentioned the highways the bridge serves. Oct 26, 2018
Added a photo of the bridge under construction. Oct 26, 2018
Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge was Completed and Opened. Dec 01, 2016
Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - The Golden Gate Bridge. Nov 30, 2016
Add new Web site: City College of San Francisco - The Birth of Golden Gate Bridge. Nov 30, 2016
Add new Web site: The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco - Symphonies in Steel: Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate. Nov 30, 2016
Added video. Aug 25, 2015
Added photograph. Aug 17, 2011
Added sentence about the bridge linking San Francisco with Marin county. Jan 04, 2011
Added photograph. Jan 04, 2011
Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Golden Gate Bridge, California, United States. Jan 20, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 28, 1999
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