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

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Compensation for the same role at Golden Gate Bridge can vary due to disparities in experience, skills, competencies, and education. Get unlimited access to Golden Gate Bridge salaries by Share you Salary. The average hourly rate for Golden Gate Bridge employees is around $40 to $52.

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Want to swim over the deepest part of the bay? Maybe you've already done it and had no idea - you'll find the deepest water in our Golden Gate Bridge race just under the bridge at over 370 feet.

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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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Your toll dollars go a long way for bridge, highway and transit projects all around the Bay Area. The regular $7 toll is distributed several ways: First Dollar: bridge operations and maintenance, Regional Measure 1 projects, transit capital and transit operations. Second Dollar: toll bridge seismic retrofit work.

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It cost $0.50—each way—to cross the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. Press cars crossing the bridge prior to opening day in May 1937. The initial toll for the bridge was 50 cents each way—roughly equivalent to an $18.00 roundtrip today—a hefty price to pay in the midst of the Great Depression.

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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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You can walk or bike across the 1.5 mile art deco-inspired bridge and enjoy sweeping panoramic views to the Pacific, Marin Headlands, San Francisco Bay to the sparkling lights of the city. It's a unique way to experience San Francisco — and best of all, it's absolutely free!

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Underneath the Golden Gate Bridge lies the wreck of the City of Chester, a steamboat that sank on August 22, 1890 at 10 a.m. The boat was impaled on the steamer Oceanic, arriving from Asia, and sunk in six minutes.

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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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There are a couple of misconceptions about how often the Bridge is painted. Some say once every seven years, others say from end to end each year. The truth is that the Bridge is painted continuously. Painting the Bridge is an ongoing task and a primary maintenance job.

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