How Long is the Golden Gate Bridge?

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How Long is the Golden Gate Bridge?

It’s easy to find how long is the Golden Gate Bridge — it’s 8,981 feet (2,737 meters). But did you know these fun Golden Gate Bridge length, height and width stats?

Bridge Feature	Feet	Miles	Meters	Km

Total length including approaches	8,981	1.70	2,737	2.74
Including the Toll Plaza	9,150	1.73	2,788	2.79
Length of Suspension Span	6,450	1.22	1,966	1.97
Length of each outer span	1,125	0.21	343	0.34

Width of bridge	90		27
Width of roadway	62		19

Roadway clearance at high tide	220	0.04	67	0.07
Height of towers above water	746	0.14	227	0.23
Height of towers above roadway	500	0.09	152	0.15
Tower width east-west	54		16
Tower width north-south	33		10
South tower depth below water	110		34
(North tower is anchored on land)

Diameter of Main Cable	36.4 in.		0.92
Length of Main Cable	7,650	1.45	2,332	2.33
Suspender rope diameter	2.68 in.		6.8 cm

So the next time someone asks you, “How long is the Golden Gate Bridge?” you can give multiple answers… and throw in that the bridge’s towers are about “one seventh of a mile tall!”