The Golden Gate Bridge

34 Pages·2011·15.028 MB·English

by  Jeffrey Zuehlke

The
Golden Gate
Bridge

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zuehlke, Jeffrey, 1968-
The Golden Gate Bridge / by Jeffrey Zuehlke.
p. cm. — (Lightning bolt books™—famous places)
Includes index.
ISBN 978–0–8225–9407–9 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.)—Juvenile literature. I. Title.
TG25.S225Z84 2010
979.4’61—dc22 2008030641
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 2 3 4 5 6 — BP — 15 14 13 12 11 10
eISBN: 978-0-7613-8890-6
Contents
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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Where Is the
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Golden Gate Bridge?
How Does the page
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Bridge Work?
Building the page
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Golden Gate Bridge
Map Fun Facts
page page
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Glossary Further Reading Index
page page page
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The
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Have you ever seen
this famous bridge?
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It is one of the longest
bridges in the world.
The Golden
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Gate Bridge
Thousands of people cross the
bridge every day. They cross
it in cars, trucks, and buses.
The bridge is wide
enough for six
lanes of cars.
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Some people walk across the
bridge. But it’s a long walk!
The Golden Gate Bridge
is almost 2 miles
(3 kilometers) long.

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Where Is the
Go lde nG ate
Bridge?
The Golden Gate Bridge is
in the state of California.
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The bridge runs from the city of
San Francisco to Marin County.
Marin County is on the
left of the Golden Gate
Bridge in this picture. San
Francisco is on the other
side of the bridge.
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