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The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is a marvelous feat of engineering. Located on the Strait of Golden Gate in San Francisco Bay, the idea a bridge connecting both sides of the Bay was first discussed in 1872. It was not until the 1930 `s an engineer named Joseph B. Strauss presented the final plans for the bridge to the board of directors of district and construction began.

The Art Deco style The bridge is famous for the idea of husband and wife partnership, Irving and Gertrude Morrow, with their ideas and subtle eye for good taste They have created easy on the eye of the bridge span. In opposition to the U.S. Navy, Morrow and his wife chose a single color for the bridge known as "International Orange" and it became famous throughout the world. As chief engineer Strauss was very security conscious he, with the help Edward Bullard, a local manufacturer of safety equipment, has introduced new security procedures at the ground breaking, which are still followed by a high percentage of construction sites to date. The death rate among men working on deck for the time of construction was second to no showing how important safety precautions where and still are.

Key Dates

1872. First discussions on the Building a bridge to span the Golden Gate Strait.

May 25, 1923. The State Legislature passed the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District California statute law.

December 4, 1928. Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District was incorporated as the entity to design, build and finance the Golden Gate Bridge.

August 27, 1930. Joseph Strauss submits its final plans for the bridge district board of directors.

November 4, 1930. Voters in the 6 counties of the district approve the issuance of 35 million dollars in bonds to finance construction of the bridge.

January 5, 1933. The construction of the GGB begins.

May 27, 1937. open to pedestrians

May 28, 1937. Opens to Traffic noon. The opening of the bridge ahead of schedule and budget.

July 1, 1971. Remaining bonds originally issued for the construction Bridge are retired. $ 35 million and nearly 39 million in interest were fully financed by bridge tolls.

February 22, 1985. The billionth car crosses the bridge.

August 15, 1985. Construction completed on replacing the original floor slab with modern orthotropic steel plate.

May 27, 1987. celebrates its 50th anniversary.

September 2, 1998. United States Postal Service unveils stamp Golden Gate Bridge Memorial.

March 1999. The Golden Gate Bridge awarded second place in the top 10 construction achievements of the 20th century by CONEXPO-CON/AGG Second only to Tunnel Chunnel (Channel Tunnel).

Nick Coburn is a qualified Civil Engineer and writes on various topics such as The Golden Gate Bridge and Flood Control Structures

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