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High Many Feet High Is The Golden Gate Bridge ...from the Railing to the Water...? |
Travel Info How many feet high is the Golden Gate Bridge from the jumping point to the water....has anybody ever survived a jump from the Bridge... Travel Tips Total length of Bridge including approaches: 1.7 miles = 8,981 ft = 2,737 m Length of suspension span including main span and side spans: 1.2 miles = 6,450 ft = 1,966 m Length of main span portion of suspended structure (distance between towers): 4,200 ft = 1,280 m Length of one side span: 1,125 ft = 343 m Width of Bridge: 90 ft = 27 m Width of roadway between curbs: 62 ft = 19 m Width of sidewalk: 10 ft = 3 m Clearance above mean higher high water: 220 ft = 67 m Total weight of each anchorage: 60,000 tons = 54,400,000 kg Original combined weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches: 894,500 tons = 811,500,000 kg Total weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches (1937): 894,500 tons = 811,500,000 kg Total weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches (1986)*: 887,000 tons = 804,700,00 kg* Weight of Bridge, not including anchorages and north and south approaches, but including suspended structure, towers, piers and fenders, bottom lateral system and orthotropic redecking (1986)*: 419,800 tons = 380,800,000 kg* Source(s): http://goldengatebridge.org/research/fac... Other Travel Tips 220 ft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/golden_gate... 220 ft and so far no one has lived and a lot of bodies are never found 220 ft 250 ft People have survived, but the majority die |
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