The Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge, with its sweeping cables, bold color and
soaring 750-foot towers, has been an unofficial symbol of San Francisco
since May 1937. An engineering masterpiece, this suspension bridge
of art deco design is 90 feet wide with a total length of 1.7 miles.
It took four years to construct the bridge.
The bridge that stands today has come a long way since Chief Engineer
Joseph B. Strauss submitted his original plans. Consulting Engineer
Leon S. Moisseiff helped Strauss redefined the plan, but it wasn’t
until Consulting Architects, Irving F. Morrow and his wife Gertrude,
came on board adding architectural enhancements that define the
art deco styling of the Golden Gate Bridge we know today.
More than 9 million people visit the bridge each year, according
to the San Francisco Convention and Visitor Bureau. During daylight
hours, visitors can walk or bike ride across the sidewalks of the
bridge.
On the southeast side of the Bridge reside the immaculate gardens
where you can wander along brick sidewalks that wind around nearly
five acres of annual and perennial flowerbeds. With the Bridge as
a backdrop, this peaceful retreat offers an alternative way to view
the Golden Gate Bridge.
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