Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge was a dating to the early 20th century in the San Francisco Metropolitan Area , California . This landmark bridge , which connected San Francisco to Marin County , passed over a strait linking the North Pacific Ocean to the San Francisco Bay . Notable for its unique orange color , this bridge survived to at least the late 24th century ( prime universe ) or the mid - 23rd century ( alternate reality ) . Iconic to the city , the bridge was pictured in a number of logo ' s for San Francisco organisations , including Trans Francisco and Starfleet Academy . History . In 1939 , in a photograph of the " California Clipper " flying over the bay , the bridge was seen in the background . ( ) " In an alternate 1944 , as " " was flying to San Francisco , a World War II - era aircraft carrier was entering the bay from the North Pacific Ocean . The warship passed under the bridge . " ( ) In 1986 , its location was labeled on a MUNI map . Later that year , while visiting San Francisco after traveling from the 23rd century with a group of Starfleet officer s , James T . Kirk and Spock were passengers on a MUNI bus that traveled over the bridge . Upon the group ' s return from 1986 , a Klingon Bird - of - Prey they had captured , , nearly crashed into the bridge . ( ) After Benjamin Sisko and Julian Bashir were thrown back in time from 2371 to 2024 , the sight of the bridge confirmed to them that they were in San Francisco . ( ) The Golden Gate Bridge was seen from Starfleet Academy and was pictured on its emblem . ( ; ; ) During the mid - 23rd century , the bridge was fitted with tube s . " In the alternate reality of 2258 , after receiving a distress call from , shuttle s ferrying Academy cadets to the starships docked at flew over this bridge . Later , while preparing to demolish Earth , the Romulan mining vessel " Narada " fired its drilling beam next to the bridge , right over the inlet of San Francisco Bay . When the rig ' s tether was destroyed and the drilling platform fell , it barely missed hitting the bridge . " ( ) " In 2259 , still in the alternate reality , Golden Gate Bridge was seen on a map of the San Francisco Metropolitan Area . This map was part of a collection of graphics and video media that were displayed on a powerwall in Admiral ' s office at Starfleet Headquarters . That same year , the bridge was seen in the background as a " 7 News " news presenter reported a status update for unrest on Andoria Prime . As the " Takayama " left the city , the bridge was seen with vehicular traffic moving across the bridge . " ( ) The bridge was seen from an office Admiral Leyton occupied before he attempted to overthrow Federation President Jaresh - Inyo in 2372 . ( ) The bridge was heavily damaged during a Breen attack on Earth in 2375 , during the Dominion War . However , within a year , the damage to both the bridge and the city had been repaired . ( ; ) " In 2394 of an alternate timeline , the performed a " victory lap " over the bridge . " ( ) Appendices . Background information . The Golden Gate Bridge has only once been mentioned in dialogue by name , in , but is seen in virtually every establishing shot of San Francisco . Coincidentally , the one time it was mentioned by name was one of the times it was not seen in an establishing shot of the city . The ruins of the Golden Gate Bridge were at one early point to be shown in 23rd century San Francisco , as opposed to the intact bridge , in . For that film ' s DVD release , real footage of the Golden Gate Bridge was incorporated by Foundation Imaging . ( ) The only time that " Star Trek " actors have visited the real Golden Gate Bridge for production purposes was during the making of , when William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy rode across the bridge on a bus . The words " Golden Gate " are also spoken during the film , but in reference to Golden Gate Park . When planning the crash of the ' s saucer section for , the Golden Gate Bridge , measuring 1 . 2 miles long , was used as a scale reference for the saucer section . ( " The Art of Star Trek " , p . 290 ) Upon conceptualizing San Francisco from the 2250s of the alternate reality for the film , the Golden Gate Bridge was featured in several different versions of how the city might look . The bridge was imagined as existing merely as a monument , since it was conceived that people used hovercar s rather than continuing to require bridges . However , one concept image – an illustration of the " Narada " s laser drill firing into the San Francisco Bay , clearly incorporating a contemporary photo of the bridge – showed the structure supporting fossil - fueled automobiles . ( " The Art of Star Trek " , pp . 50 - 51 & 150 - 151 ) The Golden Gate Bridge , as shown in the " Star Trek " movie , contained no futuristic - looking CGI adornments , unlike much of the rest of San Francisco . The bridge was integrated into plates intact , projected onto two - dimensional cards . Shots that the bridge was inserted into include footage set in the grounds of Starfleet Academy , with the bridge added to the background . Aerial plates taken above the bridge were used by Industrial Light & Magic when they were generating shots of the " Narada " s massive drill falling into the San Francisco Bay . ( " Cinefex " , No . 118 , pp . 60 & 70 ) Similar to how they had imagined the Golden Gate Bridge in the film " Star Trek " , the filmmakers of decided , while designing San Francisco for that film , that nothing had much changed about the bridge since contemporary times , even following the " Narada " s attack in the previous film . ( " Cinefex " , No . 134 , p . 72 )