The
Golden Gate Bridge is a [suspension bridge]
?, built between the city of
San Francisco on the northern tip of the
San Francisco Peninsula and Sausalito
? on the [Marin County]
? headlands. The construction of the bridge began in
1933 under the aegis of the [Works Projects Administration]
? (WPA), a program instigated by
Franklin Delano Roosevelt to create public works through federal funds and alleviate the effects of the
Great Depression. It was completed in April
1937 and opened to pedestrians on
May 27 of that year. Vehicular travel started the following day.
The bridge spans the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. It is 1.2 miles long, and towers 750 feet above the sound.
Golden Gate Bridge, looking north toward the Marin headland.
Photo from the Historic American Engineering Record, Public Domain. See http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhres.html
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