ocr: Golden Gate Bridge About the Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge, arching 265 feet (79.5 m) - above the waters ofSanF Francisco Bay, links San Francisco with Marin County. Completed in1937,it was the world's longest bridge until 1964, when Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in. New York was built. The Golden Gate is a remarkable feat ofe engineering. Its main span measures 4,200 feet (1,280 m), and itis suspended between towers 746 feet (226 m) high.