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To: cripplecreek

Actually, the Golden Gate (1937) is listed ahead of the mackinac (1957) on both of these lists:

Longest bridges

Tallest Bridges

4 posted on 05/29/2012 12:27:19 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)

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To: Michael.SF.

I don’t know who made that list but I can guarantee that the Golden Gate is a baby next to the Mackinaw bridge. After all, it crosses 5 miles of water.

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/facts—figures-16/

5 posted on 05/29/2012 12:49:36 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)

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To: Michael.SF.

Golden Gate has the highest body count (jumpers)

22 posted on 05/29/2012 5:17:56 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")

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