- ADVERTISEMENT - The Golden Gate Bridge is a fine example of a great bridge name and the credit doesn’t go to whoever came up with the name of the bridge, but rather to John C. Fremont, who gave the name of Golden Gate to the strait over which the bridge spans, so it was really a no-brainer to give the bridge its name. There have been a handful of other fine bridge names: The Bridge of Sighs, in Venice, Italy; France’s Pont du Gard; the Wind and Rain Bridge in China; Hell Gate in New York City.