The Golden Gate Bridge is the internationally recognized symbol of the gateway to the Ocean and the city of . The distinctive suspension bridge spans the opening into the Bay from the northern tip of the peninsula to Marin County as part of US highway 101 and State Highway 1. Nearly miles in length, it is the largest suspension bridge in the United States after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in , the brainchild of Joseph Strauss, an engineer from Cincinnati with more than drawbridges to his name.