The Golden Gate Bridge - View 2
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
The Golden Gate Bridge - View 2
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge is San Francisco's most famous landmark. It was once called the bridge that couldn't be built because it took ten years of planning and four years of construction while struggling against relentless winds, fog, rock and treacherous tides. By the time it finally opened in 1937, the construction of the bridge had claimed the lives of eleven workers'.
The Golden Gate Bridge is 1.7 miles long. It spans across the straits between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean connecting the city of San Francisco to the Marin headlands. It is a single span suspension bridge anchored by twin towers that are 746 feet tall. To support the suspended roadway, two cables, each more than 7,000 feet in length and both containing 80,000 miles of wire stretch over the top of the towers and are rooted in concrete anchorages on shore. It is famous for its International Orange color and the Art Deco elements that were added to the two towers.
Today, it is known at one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
Copyright 2016 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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February 11th, 2016
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