Today marked my first crossing of the Golden Gate Bridge and I must say it is as beautiful as the many pictures and movies I've seen of it over the years.
The Golden Gate Bridge, completed after more than four years of construction at a cost of $35 million, opened to vehicular traffic on May 28, 1937 at twelve o'clock noon when President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in the White House announcing the event. The GGB opening was ahead of schedule and under budget. That has to be a first also, lol!
The Golden Gate Bridge design echoes an Art Deco Theme. Wide, vertical ribbing on the horizontal tower bracing accents the sun's light on the bridge which was a bit hard to see in the fog today. Oh well it was a thrill to finally cross it!
For more visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge
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