The Civil Engineering Portal - Landmarks - Bridges

Name: Golden Gate Bridge
Location: California, USA
Date Completed: 1937
Type: Suspension
Length of Span: 8,981 feet
Images: Altavista collections; Google collections
Facts:
When it opened, the Golden Gate Bridge was lauded as having the longest single clear span in the world. Today, some call it the "most spectacular bridge in the world." (PBS: Building Big)
Links:

  Official Site: Golden Gate Bridge

  PBS: Building Big

  ENCYCLOP�DIA BRITANNICA: Golden Gate Bridge

  Inventory History: Golden Gate Bridge

  UC Berkeley: Bridging the Bay: Bridging the Campus

  BridgePro: Golden Gate Bridge

  Seismic Evaluation of the Golden Gate Suspension Bridge

  About: Golden Gate Bridge

  Great Building: Golden Gate Bridge

  SF Museum: Bridging the Golden Gate

  Computing Helps Retrofit the Golden Gate Bridge

  Golden Gate Bridge - Construction Photographs, 1933-1934

  Posters from Art.com: Golden Gate Bridge

  Amazon Book: The Golden Gate Bridge (Building America)

  Amazon Book: The Gate : The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge

  Amazon Video: Modern Marvels: The Golden Gate Bridge (1994)