Is the Golden Gate bridge in California overrated? It's a bridge like.

AMKC · 11-09-2020 12:36am #1

I get that it was a great piece of engineering for it's time but it's a bridge and guess what it's not even made from Gold. So is it overrated. I think it is.
In fact while I am at it the Harbour Bridge in Sydney is another overrated bridge and I have been at that bridge. In fact I walked across it 7 times and got the train once across it when I was there .
So is it overrated?

What other bridges are overrated to you?

11-09-2020 12:38am

Build a bridge and get over it.

beachhead · 11-09-2020 12:42am

How do I bridge the gap?

gogo · 11-09-2020 12:58am

The Golden Gate Bridge is considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world, it’s not just a great piece of engineering, it’s a master piece of engineering.

Sydney Harbour bridge is similarily an amazing piece of engineering.

Visit a small local stream and try to imagine building a bridge over it that a 100k plus cars can drive over, when your sitting in the stream after your bridge collapses, think again about the scale of both the Golden Gate Bridge and Sydney Harbour.

AMKC · 11-09-2020 1:02am

gogo wrote: »

The Golden Gate Bridge is considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world, it’s not just a great piece of engineering, it’s a master piece of engineering.

Sydney Harbour bridge is similarily an amazing piece of engineering.

Visit a small local stream and try to imagine building a bridge over it that a 100k plus cars can drive over, when your sitting in the stream after your bridge collapses, think again about the scale of both the Golden Gate Bridge and Sydney Harbour.

Love it. Got a good laugh out of that thanks.

inthenip · 11-09-2020 1:04am

So you weren't at the golden gate bridge and it's overrated.

It's like me saying sex with Shakira is overrated.

Atlantic Dawn · 11-09-2020 1:06am

I've done the East Link 8 times.

gozunda · 11-09-2020 1:07am

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I dunno - it looks kinda hot tbh.

Above fire caused by some eejit letting off fireworks at a 'gender reveal party...

Lightning apparently!

Not the Golden Gate bridge

KungPao · 11-09-2020 1:11am

A few good scenes around the bridge with Inspector Harry Callahan. For that reason alone, it's a fabulous structure.

smellyoldboot · 11-09-2020 1:12am

It's not even made of gold either like. And no feckin gate on the thing. Shoddy out.

Agent Coulson · 11-09-2020 1:13am

It's pretty cool a bitch ass long walk across it though especially if you walk back as well.

Manic Moran · 11-09-2020 1:13am

gogo wrote: »

The Golden Gate Bridge is considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world, it’s not just a great piece of engineering, it’s a master piece of engineering.

Sydney Harbour bridge is similarily an amazing piece of engineering.

Visit a small local stream and try to imagine building a bridge over it that a 100k plus cars can drive over, when your sitting in the stream after your bridge collapses, think again about the scale of both the Golden Gate Bridge and Sydney Harbour.

In fairness, if you compare the Golden Gate Bridge to the nearby Oakland Bay Bridge, you realise that although it's a very pretty bridge in a pretty location, it's just a simple, large, single span suspension bridge. The Bay Bridge is far more impressive.

The Bay Bridge was built a couple years earlier, currently carries almost a quarter million cars a day, comes in two parts, the bridge from YB Island to Oakland being over 3km long and was the longest cantilever/truss bridge in the world, it has since been replaced by a single-cable bridge which is the widest bridge in the world (and I think the longest single-cable, the one cable holding up all ten lanes is a little over a mile long). The part from YBI to SF (after a 500ft tunnel in the middle of the bridge) is another 3.1km long. Not only did it carry cars on the upper deck, it also carried trains on the lower deck, alongside buses, trucks, and some more cars.

If you're a tourist and want to see a beautiful bridge, look at the golden gate. If you want to check out engineering, go to Oakland. You can even bike from Oakland to YBI.

That said, I'm damned glad I no longer drive over that bridge.

bobbyy gee · 11-09-2020 1:20am

O connell bridge very overrated
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Pat_Noise

magick · 11-09-2020 1:24am

Manic Moran wrote: »

That said, I'm damned glad I no longer drive over that bridge.

Oh I completely agree, in the few times I had to use the Bay Bridge that thing was a nightmare from Emeryville to the city, I also did some filming on Treasure Island and the onramp from Treasure Island to the Bay Bridge is a Death Trap.

magick · 11-09-2020 1:27am

gozunda wrote: »

Above fire caused by some eejit letting off fireworks at a 'gender reveal party...

The gender fire was in SoCal, the NorCal fires were due to a series of lighting strikes that hit the Bay Area

gozunda · 11-09-2020 1:29am

bobbyy gee wrote: »

O connell bridge very overrated
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Pat_Noise

Visited the Golden Gate Bridge few years back. The bridge marks the outer edge of the city with wooded hills beyond.

Driving over the bridge near one of the viewing areas was a very large dead deer on the side of the road. Looks like it had made its way across the bridge heading towards the city to end up as Roadkill.

True story...

Edit:

Just found this clip on YouTube. ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMrmnKl7M4w

Ipso · 11-09-2020 1:40am

It’s the location. Add in some fog and a nice view. Not over rated. Also looks good from a distance, like Marin Headlands or Baker Beach.

Muppet Man · 11-09-2020 1:42am

I ran across it (and back) a few years ago at about 6am not long after sunrise. It was on my bucket list for a long time. It was awesome. Alcatraz was on my right and the whole bay including Alcatraz island was shrouded in mist/fog. You wouldn’t even know Alcatraz was an island there was so much fog. On the way back over the bridge, the fog has started to clear and one of the big mearsk container ships was going under the bridge. Amazing sights. There is a surprising hump towards the middle. Maybe not a beautiful bridge, but far nicer than Sydney harbor bridge, which I also crossed several times.

Fun trivia fact - did you know o Connell bridge is wider than it is long. Allegedly.

MM

dzsfah2xoynme9 · 11-09-2020 1:50am

gozunda wrote: »

I dunno - it looks kinda hot tbh.

Above fire caused by some eejit letting off fireworks at a 'gender reveal party...

Lightning apparently!

That aint the golden gate. Tis the Bidwell Bar Bridge

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ipsuiv/the_bidwell_bar_bridge/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Manic Moran · 11-09-2020 2:28am

magick wrote: »

Oh I completely agree, in the few times I had to use the Bay Bridge that thing was a nightmare from Emeryville to the city, I also did some filming on Treasure Island and the onramp from Treasure Island to the Bay Bridge is a Death Trap.

I lived on TI for a couple of years. I liked the on-ramp. Then again, I had a V8 and it was a good excuse to floor the accelerator.

The off-ramp from the bridge to TI from SF, though, was another matter. There seemed to new damage on the outside wall every week.

gozunda · 11-09-2020 10:53am

Alvin Billions Missionary wrote: »

That aint the golden gate. Tis the Bidwell Bar Bridge

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ipsuiv/the_bidwell_bar_bridge/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share[/u

Will ye sush - you're ruining the mene! Well spotted though

11-09-2020 10:57am

inthenip wrote: »

So you weren't at the golden gate bridge and it's overrated.

It's like me saying sex with Shakira is overrated.

Sex with Shakira is over rated. It's all me, me, me. She doesn't give back.

Seamai · 11-09-2020 10:59am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sex with Shakira is over rated. It's all me, me, me. She doesn't give back.

Yeah but she can do amazing things with those hips.

Kylta · 11-09-2020 11:00am

To be honest I'd never go near that bridge. I mean in every disaster movie its ripped apart.

Kylta · 11-09-2020 11:03am

Deleted User wrote: »

Sex with Shakira is over rated. It's all me, me, me. She doesn't give back.

We'll it's obvious she hasn't met me yet?

gozunda · 11-09-2020 11:25am

Kylta wrote: »

To be honest I'd never go near that bridge. I mean in every disaster movie its ripped apart.

Definitely something ominous about it alright..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x24Q4Xq8akM

Harry lyme · 11-09-2020 11:34am

It is a beautiful looking structure in fairness, hopefully the suicide barriers they are putting on it now don't ruin it's aesthetics.

Gregor Samsa · 11-09-2020 11:48am

bobbyy gee wrote: »

O connell bridge very overrated

It's the only traffic bridge in Europe that's wider (50m) than it is long (45m).

Capt'n Midnight · 13-09-2020 1:36pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Build a bridge and get over it.

That's something that Boris Johnson couldn't do. Even if you gave him the plans and twice what it cost to build a similar bridge.

RobbingBandit · 13-09-2020 1:41pm

inthenip wrote: »

So you weren't at the golden gate bridge and it's overrated.

It's like me saying sex with Shakira is overrated.

Have you ever seen Gerard Pique smile, no? Me neither!!!

Greyfox · 13-09-2020 1:46pm

I don't think it is but sure almost everything touristy can feel overratted, these days you've seen everything so many times on tv that when you see them in real life your expectations are sometimes too high.

RobbingBandit · 13-09-2020 1:46pm

I like the bridge in It's a wonderful life.

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 13-09-2020 2:00pm

gogo wrote: »

The Golden Gate Bridge is considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world, it’s not just a great piece of engineering, it’s a master piece of engineering.

Sydney Harbour bridge is similarily an amazing piece of engineering.

Visit a small local stream and try to imagine building a bridge over it that a 100k plus cars can drive over, when your sitting in the stream after your bridge collapses, think again about the scale of both the Golden Gate Bridge and Sydney Harbour.

True that!

freshpopcorn · 13-09-2020 2:19pm

I just associate it with people killing themselves.

Pkiernan · 13-09-2020 2:24pm

The GG is a beautiful structure.

I've driven it in a car and on a Harley, I've piloted a light aircraft over it and driven a boat under it.

I was also once the only person on it one morning at 0300 once.

Only bummer is the smell of fumes when you walk across it.

13-09-2020 2:43pm

The fact that it is built to resist strong earthquakes Is quite impressive. It's not so much the appearance of these engineering marvels, what their capacity to do the job they were designed to do. The Golden Gate & Alcatraz are distinctive landmarks when the flight from Dublin begins its descent having turned out over the coast and then heads back left into the bay almost directly over San Francisco so if you are sitting left side you get a nice prolonged view of them.

gozunda · 13-09-2020 2:51pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The fact that it is built to resist strong earthquakes Is quite impressive. It's not so much the appearance of these engineering marvels, what their capacity to do the job they were designed to do. The Golden Gate & Alcatraz are distinctive landmarks when the flight from Dublin begins its descent having turned out over the coast and then heads back left into the bay almost directly over San Francisco so if you are sitting left side you get a nice prolonged view of them.

Agreed the view coming into land over the bay is fairly impressive. T'is a great pity the city is such a ****ehole ...

gmisk · 13-09-2020 2:53pm

I thought it was very impressive in real life.
The cycle over and back on the ferry from Sausalito is really nice.

Gooey Looey · 13-09-2020 2:57pm

We caught a real live Karl Pilkington here folks¡

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJB7dw1mMXY

Kaybaykwah · 13-09-2020 3:04pm

It's a great looking thing alright. What was the most surprising thing to me was driving late one night to Stinson Beach via the Golden Gate Park. Those narrow winding roads with no lighting was pretty freaky. I may be mistaken, but there didn't seem to be human habitation for miles til we got to our destination... That was in 1990.

AllForIt · 13-09-2020 3:06pm

Why is it called the Golden Gate Bridge when it's red.

Butterface · 13-09-2020 3:52pm

Did the tourist thing and cycled across it to Sausolito. It's a grand bridge and looks nice when it's lit up at night.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-09-2020 3:55pm

It should be destroyed to prevent the apes from using it to take over the planet.

IAMAMORON · 13-09-2020 3:56pm

Prefer the one is Lisboa myself.

Dempo1 · 13-09-2020 3:58pm

AMKC wrote: »

I get that it was a great piece of engineering for it's time but it's a bridge and guess what it's not even made from Gold. So is it overrated. I think it is.
In fact while I am at it the Harbour Bridge in Sydney is another overrated bridge and I have been at that bridge. In fact I walked across it 7 times and got the train once across it when I was there .
So is it overrated?

What other bridges are overrated to you?

Seen it, been on it and boring, the finest Bridge in the world both estically and well built has to be the Charles Bridge in Prague, its an extraordinary medieval masterpiece.

ShatterAlan · 13-09-2020 5:49pm

Tower Bridge in London is the one that I like the most.

AllForIt · 13-09-2020 5:56pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Tower Bridge in London is the one that I like the most.

Yeah that's like a castle with a bit to let passing sea craft through.

bb1234567 · 13-09-2020 7:37pm

It is marvellous, to think humans had the capacity to gather up all the material needed to build such a vast structure to bridge that enormous void that carries thousands of cars across the valley daily, to me that is unbelievable and to think how aesthetically pleasig it is on top of that is just really beyond amazing. To think it was still built without the use of any computer software or internet on top of that just makes it even more impressive

Omackeral · 13-09-2020 9:07pm

gogo wrote: »

imagine building a bridge over it that a 100k plus cars can drive over

All this without mentioning it has a literal zip on it to make the lane width increase or decrease accoding to commuter needs on a given day i.e. morning or evening

rossie1977 · 13-09-2020 9:59pm

No it's a fantastic feat of engineering and it's located in one of the most scenic metropolitan areas on the planet.

My first time flying into San Francisco it was a perfect day and you could clearly see the Golden Gate Bridge. Experience that vividly remains with me to this day nearly 22 years later.

Samsgirl · 13-09-2020 10:08pm

smellyoldboot wrote: »

It's not even made of gold either like. And no feckin gate on the thing. Shoddy out.

International Orange is the official colour or so our tour guide told us.

Is the Golden Gate bridge in California overrated? It's a bridge like.

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