The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is an amazing feat of engineering. Located on the Golden Gate Street in San Francisco Bay, the idea of a bridge between the two shores of the bay was first discussed in 1872. Only the 1930 `s, who is an engineer named Joseph B. Strauss, the final design for the bridge of the District Board of Directors and the construction has begun.
Art Deco style that is the famous bridge to the ideahusband and wife partnership, Irving and Gertrude Morrow, with their ideas and good sense of good taste, has a new easy on the eye span. With opposition from the U.S. Navy, Morrow and his wife, a single color for the bridge, called "International Orange has chosen, and this has become famous throughout the world. As chief engineer Strauss was very conscious of security, l ' help of Edward Bullard, a local producer of safety equipment, allowing for a new groundLatest security procedures that are still adhered to a high percentage of the site so far. The mortality rate for men stood on deck for the duration of the construction shown in any measure of how important safety and where they still are.
Key Dates
1872 Talk of the oldest building of a bridge to cross the Golden Gate Strait.
25. May 1923. The diet is the Golden Gate Bridge and HighwayDistrict Act of California law.
4. December 1928. Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District is planning to build a unit, was added, and the financing of the Golden Gate Bridge.
27. August 1930. Joseph Strauss presented his final plan for the bridge of the District Board of Directors.
4. November 1930. The voters in 6 counties of the district administration has approved 35 million dollars in loans to finance the construction of the bridge.
January 5, 1933 began the construction of SCI.
27. May 1937. is for pedestrian traffic
28. May 1937. open the vehicular traffic at noon watch. The bridge opened ahead of schedule and under budget.
1. July 1971. Remaining original titles for the construction of the bridge are retired. $ 35 million and nearly $ 39 million in interest had to be entirely financed by bridge tolls.
22. February 1985. The one billionth car crosses the> Bridge.
15. August 1985. Construction completed the replacement of the original with modern roadway bridge orthotropic steel plate.
27. May 1987. celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
2. September 1998. United States Postal Service is the Golden Gate Bridge postage stamp.
March 1999. The Golden Gate Bridge number two in the top 10 results construction of Century 20 Award CONEXPO-CON/AGG only ChunnelTunnel (tunnel) under the English Channel.
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