GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, SAN FRANCISCO
The Golden Gate Bridge, dreamed by San Franciscans for half a cen-
tury before it was built, cost $35,000,000 and is a massive and awe-
inspiring structure. Each of its great cables, 36 inches in thickness,
support a tension of 63,000,000 pounds and carry a great road bed 220
feet above the water-with a span of 4,200 feet. The bridge itself from
shore to shore is 8,981 feet long and exclusively for motor and pedes-
trian use. Its great towers rise 746 feet into the air and reach down
118 feet below the surface of the water. The ship passing under the
bridge gives an idea of its size.... The story of Joseph B. Strauss,
the engineer who dreamed, designed and built the Golden Gate
Bridge, is a romantic one. In his busy career he constructed nearly
500 bridges in every part of the world. This bridge was his last and
greatest achievement, brought to fulfillment seventeen years after its
first inception. He died in May, 1938, worn out by his triumphant
labors.
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