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The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District — the governmental entity that oversees, among other things, San Francisco's most recognizable landmark — is seeking corporate sponsors for the world-famous suspension span.

Why not? Everything else has a corporate sponsor these days.

I think that sponsoring the Golden Gate Bridge could be a marketing boon for any of several dozen major corporations. Wouldn't you just know... I have a few examples in mind.

• McDonald's. Paint the bridge yellow, and it'll look like inverted golden arches.
  
  
• Coors Light. Because nothing goes better with the Golden Gate than the Silver Bullet.
  
  
• Poligrip. Who has more experience in supporting bridges?
  
  
• 20th Century Fox. This might help reassure people who didn't realize X-Men: The Last Stand was fiction that Magneto did not, in fact, relocate the Golden Gate to Alcatraz.
  
  
• The Republican Party. The way to counteract "San Francisco values" — whatever the heck that means — might be to plaster the GOP all over San Francisco's greatest symbol.
  
  
• Starbucks. Grab an espresso or a latte as you pay your toll.
  
  
• Disney. They built a replica at the California Adventure amusement park. Why not have the real thing?
  
  
• Dell. Dude, you're getting a bridge.
  
  
• Microsoft. Bill Gates already owns everything else.