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Everything about the Golden Gate Bridge in less than 5 Minutes - Marvel of Modern Engineering

Once called "the bridge that couldn't be built," today it is one of the seven wonders of the modern world. This engineering marvel, perhaps San Francisco's most famous landmark, opened in 1937 after a four-year struggle against winds, fog, rock and tides.

Golden gate bridge Design/architecture : Suspension, truss arch & truss causeways

Golden gate bridge Material: Steel

Golden gate bridge Total length: 8,981 ft (2,737.4 m), about 1.7 mi (2.7 km)

Golden gate bridge Width: 90 ft (27.4 m)

Golden gate bridge Height: 746 ft (227.4 m)
Designer Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, and Charles Ellis

Golden gate bridge Construction begin: January 5, 1933

Golden gate bridge Construction end April 19, 1937

Golden gate bridge traffic 110,000/daily

Golden gate bridge facts

The Golden Gate Bridge has lost 7,500 tons (in weight) since it opened in 1937.

It is estimated that 5,000 - 10,000 gallons of paint are used to repaint the Golden Gate Bridge each year.

Three babies have been born on the Golden Gate Bridge. All of them have been boys.

The name came from the fact that the Golden Gate Strait (named by John Fremont) is the entrance into San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.

International Orange was selected as the color of the bridge because it provided visibility in the fog for passing ships and also because it was a color that fit in naturally to the bridge’s setting and the surrounding land area.

The bridge has only been closed three times due to weather since it was built; all three times due to high winds gusting close to or over 70 miles per hour.

The bridge has also been closed for visits from dignitaries President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Charles de Gaulle of France and also on its 50th and 75th Anniversaries.

Between 1937 and 2012, an estimated 1,600 bodies were recovered of people who had jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge (golden gate bridge jumper)

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