San Francisco County, California Bridges: Golden Gate Bridge (1)

July 2014 (37.80482°, -122.46757°) Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Strait flows between the headlands of the San Francisco and Marin Peninsulas. Powerful tidal currents and dense fog made the strait difficult to cross before the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge (in 1937). This photo is taken from Crissy Field, which used to be a U.S. Army airfield and is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The buildings on the left were airplane hangars that were converted into gyms with rock walls, swimming pools, and bike rental facilities. The buildings on the right belonging to the Gulf of the Farallones National Wildlife Sanctuary.  The Farallones are islands just outside the Golden Gate in the Pacific. 

San Francisco County, California Bridges: Golden Gate Bridge (1) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.