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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco As A Water Related Stucture
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the American city of San Francisco, California --the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula-- to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait. The bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and the United States. It has been declared one of the Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. [from wikipedia]
Anti-Jump Fence • Bay View • Close Up • Current • Graffiti Seen • Historic • Night Shots • Plaques • Seen From Walk • Shadows Cast

	Anti-Jump Fence, Of The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, As A Water Related Structure The Golden Gate Bridge is the second-most used suicide site/suicide bridge in the world, after the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. The deck is about 245 feet (75 m) above the water. After a fall of four seconds, jumpers hit the water at around 75 mph or about 120 km/h. Most of the jumpers die from impact trauma. About 5% of the jumpers survive the initial impact but generally drown or die of hypothermia in the cold water.[from wikipedia]
	Night Shots, Of The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California Nighttime photogrpaphs of the structure of the Golden Gate Bridge.
	Close Up, Of The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Detail shots of the structure of the Golden Gate Bridge.
	Current, Golden Gate, Bridge Connecting San Francisco to Marin County, California
	Bay View, Of The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, As A Water Related Structure Before the bridge was built, the only practical short route between San Francisco and what is now Marin County was by boat across a section of San Francisco Bay. A ferry service began as early as 1820, with a regularly scheduled service beginning in the 1840s for the purpose of transporting water to San Francisco.[from wikipeida]
	Seen From Walk, The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, As A Water Related Structure A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, cycles, and horses. They can be found in a wide variety of places, from the centre of cities, to farmland, to narrow mountain ridges. Urban footpaths are usually paved, may have steps, and can be called alleys, lanes, steps, etc.[from wikipedia]
	Graffiti Seen, On the Walk Approaching, The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, As A Water Related Structure Graffiti may also express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression is based upon spray paint graffiti styles. Within hip hop culture, graffiti have evolved alongside hip hop music, b-boying, and other elements. Unrelated to hip-hop graffiti, gangs use their own form of graffiti to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities.[from wikipedia]
	Historic, Golden Gate, Bridge Connecting San Francisco to Marin County, California
	Plaques, On The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, As A Water Related Structure Construction began on January 5, 1933. The project cost more than $35 million, ($493 million in 2016 dollars) completing ahead of schedule and $1.3 million under budget. The Golden Gate Bridge construction project was carried out by the McClintic-Marshall Construction Co., a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corporation founded by Howard H. McClintic and Charles D. Marshall, both of Lehigh University.[from wikipedia]
	Shadows Cast, By The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, As A Water Related Structure A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light.[from wikipedia]