Does anyone own the Golden Gate Bridge?

The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is a special-purpose district that owns and operates three regional transportation assets in the San Francisco Bay Area: the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the Golden Gate Ferry system and the Golden Gate Transit system.



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The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is a special district of the State of California which operates and maintains the Golden Gate Bridge and two unified public transit systems – Golden Gate Transit and Golden Gate Ferry – connecting the counties of Marin, Sonoma, San Francisco, and Contra Costa.

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Taking all factors into consideration, the assessed value of the Golden Gate Bridge is around $10 billion.

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Both pieces of the iconic San Francisco Bay Area landmark are selling for $12,000. One bridge truss is 37 feet, and the other is 17 feet long. The seller is located in Penngrove, a census-designated place just north of Petaluma.

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Local citizens put their own properties up as collateral to finance construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. Little federal or state money was used to build the bridge. Most of the financing came from bonds sold by the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District.

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The Golden Gate Bridge is closely monitored to make sure it does not exceed its stress limits due to traffic, wind and seismic loads. We can look forward to at least another 80 years of this engineering masterpiece.

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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. As states struggled financially to rebuild highways after World War I, tolling became a way to finance large-scale projects, such as the Golden Gate Bridge. By issuing bonds, a toll authority received funds from investors who would be repaid, with interest, from toll receipts.

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Denis J. Mulligan is General Manager and CEO of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Prior to becoming the General Manager in September 2010, Mr. Mulligan was the District Engineer for almost a decade.

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5 Fun Facts About the Golden Gate Bridge
  • The bridge is actually not golden at all! It's a bright red-orange.
  • It was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
  • It took four years to build.
  • There are approximately 600,000 rivets in each of the bridge's towers.
  • It's the most photographed bridge in the world.


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The original Golden Gate Bridge collapsed during an earthquake in 1906, which was later determined to be caused by exposure to winds and long-term deterioration. The Golden Gate Bridge is about 9,000 feet long (nearly two miles) and is one of the most iconic bridges in the United States.

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The bridge roadway is suspended 220 feet (67 meters) above the waters below. Where is the Golden Gate Bridge? The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco to Marin County. It spans the Golden Gate Strait, a narrow channel of water that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.

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With the earlier phases of the retrofit complete, the bridge can safely withstand an earthquake over 7.0 in magnitude, but it may experience damage that requires closure after a major seismic event.

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Do you know why the Golden Gate Bridge has its iconic name? The answer might surprise you. Rather than being named for the area's association with the Gold Rush, it's actually named for the water that runs beneath it—The Golden Gate Strait.

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Sidewalk access hours during Daylight Savings Time: 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Sidewalk access hours during Standard Time (when it's NOT Daylight Savings Time: 5:00 AM to 6:30 PM.

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Golden Gate Bridge makes $64,055 in a day. In a single month, Golden Gate Bridge normally makes close to $1.9M in revenue.

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