Correction for the weight of The Golden Gate Bridge
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How heavy is 17,700,000 hundredweight?
It's about as heavy as The Golden Gate Bridge
The weight of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 17,700,000 hundredweight.
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (Post 1986 weight reduction; total weight of bridge, anchorage, and approaches)
Following the completion of the 1986 project to eliminate excess material, the total weight of the Golden Gate Bridge — including its anchorages and approaches — is 17,700,000 hundredweight. The two main cables in the spanning the bridge are spun out of a total of 129,000 km (80,200 mi) of wire.