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Golden Gate Bridge
An iconic suspension bridge opened in 1937, spanning 1.7 miles across the Golden Gate strait with towers rising 746 feet.
The Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937, the result of a four-year construction project that spanned the strait between San Francisco and Marin County. Each of the bridge's two main cables exceeds 7,000 feet in length and contains 80,000 miles of wire—enough to circle the earth more than three times. The span carries roughly 120,000 vehicles each day, and the Vista Points and pedestrian walkways on both sides draw visitors who come to walk the bridge, photograph the city and bay, or simply stand and watch.
The bridge is open to pedestrians and cyclists during daylight hours, with the Welcome Center and parking areas on the south side offering information about its history and engineering. The northern Vista Point provides one of the most photographed views of the bridge itself, while the southern viewpoints frame the Golden Gate strait, the Marin Headlands, and the Pacific beyond. The bridge has become the visual anchor of San Francisco, recognized around the world and essential to how residents and visitors understand the city's geography and its relationship to the water.
For a San Francisco family, the bridge is as much a part of daily life and landmarks as it is a tourist destination—whether commuting across it, running or cycling it, or simply knowing it is there. Planning for people who will continue that daily life is the foundation of a term insurance policy: a death benefit sized to the years they'll need income replacement, paid to the people named as beneficiaries.