80 years of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the one-mile-wide, one-point-seven-mile-long channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge opened in May 27, 1937 and was, until 1964, the longest suspension bridge main span in the world, at 4,200 feet (1,300 m).
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circa 1935: One of the stanchions erected in the building of the Golden Gate bridge, connecting Marin and San Francisco, casts a shadow over houses at its foot. (Image: Getty Images)
circa 1936: The twin towers of the bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait in California which will support a roadway between San Francisco and Marin County. (Image: Getty Images)
circa 1936: The 'Santa Clara' a ferry belonging to the Southern Pacific line sails under the first structures of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. (Image: Getty Images)
March 1937: The base of the south pier, one of the pillars supporting the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. (Image: Getty Images)
Two construction workers on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco during its construction. (Image: Getty Images)
