The History of the Golden Gate Bridge

Through the San Francisco Bay, the world famous Golden Gate Bridge stands. This bridge is located in one of the most beautiful natural environments, ranging from the San Francisco Fort Point to the Marine County coast to a mile wide bay. Joseph Strauss, specializing in the construction of bridges, is the leader in the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. Construction work began on January 5, 1993 and four years later on April 27, 1997. For the population increase after the California gold rush, it is necessary to build a bridge.

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate and Golden Gate is the strait between San Francisco and Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge has been the longest suspension bridge in the world since completion in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. The famous red orange color of the bridge is specially chosen, and it is often easy to see the bridge by covering the thick fog of the bridge. Yellowstone National Park is the world's first national park built in 1872, built to protect numerous geysers, hot springs and other hot springs and protect the wonderful wildlife and rugged beauty of the area It was. Yellowstone is at the top of a huge hot spot where a slight, hot, melted mantle rock rises to the ground. Later, in this park, there are half of geothermal characteristics known in the world, there are over 10,000 geysers and hot springs.

There is a mysterious shot of San Francisco on the Golden Gate Bridge. It is an advantageous place of Hawk Hill. Hawk Hill, part of the Golden Gate National Park, offers spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge against the city skyline. When you climb a mountain by bicycle in the morning, you can see the east town faces the morning sun. When Carl is in town, you can see the etherlike view above the fog from the top of the mountain. If you want a view of the city that is not very popular, you are just a few minutes by ferry to Angel Island. Round trip adult Ferry tickets are $ 15 (USD) per person. Located near the Marin Tiburon Peninsula, you can see marine, Alcatraz, Treasure Island, East Bay and San Francisco from every corner of the island. San Francisco). Business hours are usually from 8 am to sunset, but you can reserve camps on the California Park and Entertainment web site to see the morning, evening, or evening views.

This problem became particularly interesting when I thought of another well-known bridge. I lived in the Bay Area for five years, but I am interested in the famous Golden Gate Bridge naturally. However, I spent my childhood in Sacramento. There, in reality there is the Golden Bridge - Tower Bridge. It seems he missed the name for the opportunity of gold (ha-ha). The original building began on July 20, 1934, only a year and a half away from the Golden Gate Bridge, and started construction on January 5, 1933. The history of the Sacramento bridge is a matter of another day (probably very simple: "Golden Gate" was taken), but the history of the Golden Gate Bridge is still intriguing my interest