{"id":1539,"date":"2011-09-12T05:59:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T05:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2023-07-14T01:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T01:54:11","slug":"san-francisco-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/san-francisco-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ponte25Abril1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ponte25Abril1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1540\" title=\"Golden Gate Bridge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ponte25Abril1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ponte25Abril1-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ponte25Abril1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forth_Road_Bridge01_2002-04-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forth_Road_Bridge01_2002-04-07-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1541\" title=\"Forth_Road_Bridge01_2002-04-07\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forth_Road_Bridge01_2002-04-07-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forth_Road_Bridge01_2002-04-07-1024x360.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ah yes, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, two icons of the San Francisco bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or are they? Actually I lied &#8212; neither bridge pictured are located in San Francisco. One is in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/25_de_Abril_Bridge\">Portugal<\/a>, the other <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forth_Road_Bridge\">Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both are sister bridges of the Bay Bridge, according to Wikipedia, and were built by the same company. But the paint color on the first happens to be quite similar to the red-orange color of the Golden Gate Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admit it, you were fooled for a second there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image credits <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ponte25Abril1.jpg\">one<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Forth_Road_Bridge01_2002-04-07.jpg\">two<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah yes, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, two icons of the San Francisco bay. 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