GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE Definition & Meaning

Golden Gate Bridge

noun

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

Golden Gate Bridge

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.

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Origin of Golden Gate Bridge¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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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.

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

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Gen. Rob Bonta, who is considering a run for governor, stood in front of the Golden Gate Bridge and vowed use “the full force of the law” to defend Californians against the new administration.

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Without prompting he'll enthusiastically offer up fun facts about the Golden Gate Bridge, the subject of his book, or the root system of a sequoia.

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Protesters blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in mid-April to call attention to the war in Gaza and the suffering of Palestinian civilians whose cities were being bombarded.

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