How Do You Walk Across The Golden Gate Bridge?
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is one of the world’s iconic structures. The view of the San Francisco skyline and San Francisco Bay from its walkway is unrivaled. No visit to the City is complete without making a pilgrimage. The bridge is 1.7 miles long and connects San Francisco with Marin County. The walkway floats 220 feet above San Francisco Bay and the towers rise to 746 feet above the water. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world when it opened to great fanfare in 1937 and it remains the most beautiful and by far the most photographed. The San Francisco entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge walkway can be accessed from just before the toll plaza. Take a right at the last San Francisco exit off Highway 101. The sign reads “Golden Gate National Recreation Area View Area”. There’s an 81-space metered parking lot with a monument dedicated to bridge engineer Robert Strauss, a collection of plaques that describe the history of bridge, an example of the impressive cable that
