Golden Gate Bridge

American  

noun

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

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Golden Gate Bridge Cultural  

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Golden Gate Bridge

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

In her room was the model of the Golden Gate Bridge that she had made out of Popsicle sticks.

From Literature

Even San Jose’s largest employer, Cisco Systems, uses a likeness of the Golden Gate Bridge in its logo.

From The Wall Street Journal

When we finally reach the Golden Gate Bridge, I press my nose against the car window.

From Literature

Evidence suggests that happened when some coyotes walked across the Golden Gate Bridge from Marin County, where Furnas noticed the coyote population growing while researching deer about 10 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

The Golden Gate Bridge, so often destroyed in science-fiction films, is still standing, as is the iconic Ferry Building, wrecked by a giant octopus in “It Came From Beneath the Sea.”

From Los Angeles Times