Which is bigger, Golden Gate Bridge or Hoover Dam?

Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam are near enough identical on height. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.

How do Golden Gate Bridges and Hoover Dams compare on length?

Golden Gate Bridge: 1,280–2,737 m. Hoover Dam: 379.2 m. Golden Gate Bridge is 7.2× Hoover Dam on length.

How do Golden Gate Bridges and Hoover Dams compare on width?

Golden Gate Bridge: 27.4 m. Hoover Dam: 13.7–200 m. Hoover Dam is 7.3× Golden Gate Bridge on width.

Golden Gate Bridge vs Hoover Dam

Near enough equal on height

Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam are near enough identical on height.

Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam can be compared on 4 measures. The figures below are typical adult or full-size values, with the larger of the two in bold.

Side by side

Larger value in bold. Ranges reflect genuine variation, not uncertainty.
	Golden Gate Bridge	Hoover Dam
Height	67–227 m	221.4 m
Length	1,280–2,737 m	379.2 m
Width	27.4 m	13.7–200 m
Typical cost	35,000,000 $	49,000,000 $

What the numbers say

Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam are near enough identical on height.
Golden Gate Bridge is 7.2× Hoover Dam on length.
Hoover Dam is 7.3× Golden Gate Bridge on width.
Hoover Dam is somewhat greater than Golden Gate Bridge on typical cost — about 1.4×.

Height compared.

Golden Gate Bridge 67–227 m

Hoover Dam 221.4 m