Golden Gate Bridge (Tower)
227 m (744.8 ft)
Tower height above water
One of the two Art Deco towers of San Francisco's suspension bridge, measured above the water. 746 ft (227 m) above the water.
Published
How big is that?
227 m is 2.1 times an NFL field and 69% of the Eiffel Tower.
Golden Gate Bridge is the 4th largest of the 39 Classic objects, and the 33rd largest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Starship (Full stack) (Cosmic Scale), 124 m tall and Bennu (Asteroid) (Cosmic Scale), 484 m across.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Golden Gate Bridge in orange beside the Classic objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Golden Gate Bridge |
|---|---|---|
| Great Pyramid of Giza (Today)The largest of the three pyramids at Giza, Egypt. | 137.5 m tall | 61% of the size |
| Washington MonumentThe marble obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. | 169.046 m tall | 74% of the size |
| Golden Gate Bridge (Tower) | 227 m tall | – |
| Eiffel TowerThe wrought-iron lattice tower in Paris. | 330 m tall | 1.5× bigger |
| Empire State BuildingNew York's Art Deco skyscraper, measured to the tip of its antenna. | 443.2 m tall | 2× bigger |
In other units
| Metres | 227 |
|---|---|
| Kilometres | 0.227 |
| Feet | 744.8 |
| Yards | 248.3 |
How it's measured
Tower height above water. Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
Sources
- goldengate.org: The height of a tower above water is 746 ft (227 m).
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Golden Gate Bridge is one of the objects in Classic, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.