Golden Gate Bridge
Art Deco Golden Gate Bridge , San Francisco CA
Architect Irving Morrow
Engineering design by Joseph Strauss, Charles Ellis, Leon Solomon Moisseiff
Construction 1933-1937
The bridge was originally scheduled to be painted black with yellow stripes. When the steel arrived on site, it was pre-primed with an orange color. Miraculously, designer Irving Morrow decided that the orange color would offer better visibility in the fog, and at the same time compliment the surroundings.
During a 50th anniversary bridge walk celebration in 1987, 325,000 people crowded onto the bridge and made it sag more than seven feet. For a few short hours the iconic arch was flattened!
The two-billionth car crossed the bridge August 11th of 2002. An average of 152,000 cars cross the bridge each day.
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