2007-01-19 02:30:10 · 4 answers · asked by holmes1@pacbell.net 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ San Francisco
The waters it crosses - the mouth of San Fran Bay, where it meets the ocean- was already called that before the bridge was there. It presumably dates back to the California Gold Rush.
2007-01-19 04:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not because of it's color, as many people think. In the 1800's during tha california gold rush there were two routes to get to california from the east, where most americans lived at the time. One was to travel by wagon across the great plains and rocky mountains. The other was to take a ship through the isthmus of panama or around cape horn. If one chosse this route, the ship would sail up the california coast and into san fransico harbor. The entrance to the bay would be the "golden gate" the entrance to the gold that was to be found in the hills around what is now the city of san franscio.
Many years later when the bridge was built it's builders wanted to commemorate the gold rush which what was what made the city a boom town.
2007-01-19 15:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, pre-dates the bridge.
But I believe it was named due to the golden hills at mouth of bay.
2007-01-19 14:49:21 · answer #3 · answered by lbdave66 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was going to say because of its color but ive been proved wrong. man, ive lived here all my life & i thought the name was from the color. amazing. learn something new everyday
2007-01-19 18:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by goaway876 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋