Golden Gate Ferry service between San Francisco and Sausalito was suspended indefinitely Friday after a routine inspection of the Sausalito pier turned up a problem, ferry officials said.

A year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster in Maryland, federal safety officials are urging the managers of 68 spans to conduct assessments.

Golden Gate Ferries, owned by Southern Pacific ... and undermine the lucrative ferry business. The U.S. War Department, which owned the land on both shores of the Gate, was equally opposed ...

Its opponents were known collectively as the "Old Guard." The Golden Gate Ferry Company feared the bridge would destroy its prospering business. San Francisco was one of the world's busiest ports ...

The Golden Gate Bridge's vaulting, orange arches amidst the rocky seascape of the San Francisco Bay have made it one of the West Coast's most enduring symbols and the city's most popular tourist ...