The Golden Gate's towers are much higher - 746 feet, compared with 526 feet for the Bay Bridge. Its roadway is placed at one-third of the height of the towers; on the Bay Bridge, the road cuts the ...

A Golden Gate Bridge commemorative poster done by San Francisco artist John Mattos and available thru the Art Deco Institute of California. John Mattos.

The Golden Gate Bridge is photographed under construction with two workers on the saddle atop the Marin Tower, 746 feet above the water, in San Francisco, Calif. circa 1934.

At 4,200 feet, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge built at that point. It required 1. 2 million rivets, 80,000 miles of spliced wire, and 254 steel suspender ropes.

That’s according to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, which will now repair the art deco facade on the bridge’s south tower, and give it a fresh coat of paint.

The Golden Gate Bridge's Accidental Color In the 1930s, the now-iconic hue "international orange" was a radical choice, ... Morrow designed the bridge's lighting and its art-deco styling.