Golden Gate Under Construction, 1934
The Golden Gate Bridge connects the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County across the Golden Gate Strait. Construction on the bridge began in 1933 and was opened to pedestrians in May 1937. For a long time, it seemed that building it would be an impossibility and earned the title “the bridge that couldn’t be built”.
Spearheaded by engineer Joseph Baermann Strauss, the bridge is now one of the most iconic and internationally recognized symbols of the United States in the world. The American Society of Civil Engineers called it one of the “Wonders of the Modern World” and travel guides describe it as “possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world.”
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