I just visited San Francisco and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. Last year I was able to walk on it. I think it is much bigger than it looks in the picture. The total length of the bridge is 8,980 feet and the elevation is 220 feet. Also, the bridge is not actually golden. The color is called international orange and painting the bridge is an on going. The Golden Gate bridge is a suspension bridge and it is built so it can move in an earthquake. The official opening of the bridge was May 27, 1937 and over 200,000 people walked across it that day. It took about 4 years to build the bridge.