6 Interesting Facts About the Golden Gate Bridge

8/4/2018

1. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the one-mile-wide, three-mile-long channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

2. In 1916, James H. Wilkins comes up with the idea to connect northern California to the San Francisco peninsula.

Joseph B. Strauss, Chief Engineer of The Golden Gate Bridge construction (credit: goldengatebridge.org)

3. The Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District is formed in September, 1928 and Joseph B. Strauss is appointed as architect/designer with construction beginning on January 5, 1933.

Both Towers of the Golden Gate Bridge during construction April 1934 (credit: goldengatebridge.org)

4. The bridge was completed and opened to pedestrians on May 27, 1937 at a cost of approximately $35.5 million to build.

5. It is 8,981 feet long (1.7 miles) and contains about 88,000 tons of steel.

(credit: wikipedia)

6. The towers stand 726 feet above the water and 500 feet above street level. They weigh 44,000 tons each and are 4,200 feet apart from each other.

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