Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

description

Summary

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design.
Survey number: HAER CA-31
Building/structure dates: 1933-1937 Initial Construction

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Strauss, Joseph B

Pacific Bridge Company

John Roebling's Sons Company

Bethlehem Steel Company Incorporated

Jackson, Donald C, transmitter

Yearby, Jean P, transmitter

Jandoli, Liz, transmitter

place

Location

Golden Gate Bridge, California

Google Map of 37.81966, -122.47854

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Source

Library of Congress

link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/

copyright

Copyright info

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