San Francisco County, California Bridges: Golden Gate Bridge (2)

July 2014 (37.80482°, -122.46757°) Golden Gate Bridge

Here's the view while driving across the Golden Gate Bridge. We drove south from Marin County, which is the toll-paying direction, except there are no longer any toll booths. Either you have a FasTrak tag on your vehicle or they photograph your license plate and send you the bill. The sidewalks are packed with bicyclists, runners, and tourists all trying to avoid each other. 

They recently voted to put a suicide net under the bridge, which I think is a good idea. When they were putting a new deck on  the bridge 25 years ago, a friend who was working on the project said that people would slam on their brakes, run out of their car, and jump before anyone could stop them.

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