Soon, a plan was hatched to build a bridge that would span the Golden Gate, a narrow, 400-foot deep strait that serves as the mouth of the San Francisco Bay, connecting the San Francisco Peninsula with the southern end of Marin County. Although the idea went back as far as 1869, the proposal took root in 1916. read more
Includes Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Ferry, and Golden Gate Transit bus systems 1800s | 1906 to 1937 | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s 1846: Captain John Fremont declares California’s independence from Mexico and names the mile-wide entrance to the San Francisco Bay as Chrysopylae, which means Golden Gate in Greek. read more