Golden Gate Bridge
Good for: sunny weather
- Address
- Fort Point Lookout Marine Dr
- Transport
- Website
- Phone
- 415-921-5858
- Price
- southbound car $6, car pools 3 or more passengers admission free btwn 5-9am & 4-6pm
Lonely Planet review for Golden Gate Bridge
Imagine a squat concrete bridge striped black and caution yellow spanning the San Francisco Bay - that's what the US Navy initially had in mind. Luckily, engineer Joseph B Strauss and architects Gertrude and Irving Murrow insisted on a soaring art-deco design and International Orange paint that harmonized with the natural environment. The result is the 1937 Golden Gate Bridge. Cars pay a $6 toll to cross from Marin to San Francisco; pedestrians and cyclists stroll the east sidewalk for free.








