Golden Gate Bridge

noun

1. a bridge connecting northern California with San Francisco peninsula. 4,200-foot (1,280-meter) center span.

Golden Gate Bridge

1. A long suspension bridge across the Golden Gate, a strait that connects San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean. For decades after it was opened in the 1930s, it had the longest span of any suspension bridge in the world.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Golden Gate Bridge¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Ask ChatGPT what SF will look like in 10 years and it generates an image of the city’s skyline with futuristic architecture and flying saucers next to the Golden Gate Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times

They’ve conducted surveys on what color to paint the bridge — some shade of gray or brown, for example, or a more distinct hue like that of the Golden Gate Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times

Those changes, he said, would put towns near the Oregon border and Marin County, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, in the same district.

From Los Angeles Times

About 20 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Point Reyes Peninsula rises up, a paradise of ocean, dunes, cliffs and grassland that feels delivered from another time and place.

From Los Angeles Times

He would ride his bike across the Golden Gate Bridge and do these shows every night.

From Los Angeles Times