6The Golden Gate Bridge, California
This iconic suspension bridge is three miles long and one mile wide. The red-orange spans a total of 4,200 feet, connecting the famous San Francisco peninsula from the northern tip to popular Marin County just across the strait. Opened to the public on May 27, 1937, the week-long celebration witnessed more than 200,000 individuals crossing the bridge on foot or roller-skates before it was opened to vehicular traffic. It’s also one of the official “Wonders of the Modern World”, the second-longest bridge in the nation, and until 1964 was also the world’s longest.
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