¿Cuál era el principal medio de transporte a través de la bahía de San Francisco antes del puente Golden Gate?
Antes de que se construyera el puente, la única ruta corta práctica entre San Francisco y lo que hoy es el condado de Marin era en barco a través de un tramo de la bahía de San Francisco. Ya en 1820 comenzó a funcionar un servicio de transbordadores, y en la década de 1840 se inició un servicio regular para transportar agua a San Francisco.

El servicio de la Sausalito Land and Ferry Company, puesto en marcha en 1867, acabó convirtiéndose en la Golden Gate Ferry Company, filial de la Southern Pacific Railroad, la mayor operación de transbordadores del mundo a finales de la década de 1920. Los transbordadores para automóviles de Southern Pacific, que antes eran sólo para pasajeros y clientes del ferrocarril, llegaron a ser muy rentables e importantes para la economía regional. La travesía en transbordador entre el muelle de Hyde Street, en San Francisco, y la terminal de transbordadores de Sausalito, en el condado de Marin, duraba aproximadamente 20 minutos y costaba 1$ por vehículo,[¿cuándo?] precio que se redujo más tarde para competir con el nuevo puente. El viaje desde el Ferry Building de San Francisco duraba 27 minutos.
La única forma (práctica) de cruzar la bahía de San Francisco antes de 1937 era en ferry. La Golden Gate Ferry Company, que se convirtió en la mayor empresa de transbordadores a finales de la década de 1920, se fundó en 1867 con el nombre de Sausalito Land & Ferry Company. El transbordador tardaba aproximadamente 20 minutos y costaba 1 $ por vehículo.
What was the primary mode of transportation across the San Francisco bay prior to the Golden Gate Bridge?
Before the bridge was built, the only practical short route between San Francisco and what is now Marin County was by boat across a section of San Francisco Bay. A ferry service began as early as 1820, with a regularly scheduled service beginning in the 1840s for the purpose of transporting water to San Francisco.

The Sausalito Land and Ferry Company service, launched in 1867, eventually became the Golden Gate Ferry Company, a Southern Pacific Railroad subsidiary, the largest ferry operation in the world by the late 1920s. Once for railroad passengers and customers only, Southern Pacific's automobile ferries became very profitable and important to the regional economy. The ferry crossing between the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco and Sausalito Ferry Terminal in Marin County took approximately 20 minutes and cost $1.00 per vehicle,[when?] a price later reduced to compete with the new bridge. The trip from the San Francisco Ferry Building took 27 minutes.
The only (practical) way to get across the San Francisco Bay prior to 1937 was by Ferry. The Golden Gate Ferry Company, which became the largest ferry operation by the late 1920's, was established in 1867 as the Sausalito Land & Ferry Company. The ferry would take approximately 20 minutes and cost $1.00 per vehicle.