The Golden Gate Bridge's ... the San Francisco Bay through the Gate and into the Pacific Ocean every day. To build the bridge, workers would have to erect a pier more than 1100 feet out in ...

As Strauss announced triumphantly, "The Golden Gate Bridge, the bridge which could not and should not be built, which the War Department would not permit, which the rocky foundation of the pier ...

Another high point? Observing the sea lions up close at Pier 39. Tours depart daily at 1:30 p.m. Golden Gate bridge tours as well as Golden Gate high speed boat tours cruises are also available.