Construction began on January 5, 1933, and the work seemed ill-fated from the start. The idea for a bridge across the Golden Gate Strait was proposed in 1872 by railroad mogul Charles Crocker.

Operating in one of America's busiest ports, local shippers fretted that bridge construction would negatively affect their businesses. Golden Gate Ferries, owned by Southern Pacific, California's ...

The Golden Gate Bridge's builders introduced many innovations ... company of John Roebling and Sons oversaw the cable construction. Roebling had built many of the world's longest bridges ...

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration didn’t violate administrative law procedures when it revised an ...

The five-year, $224 million project to install nets on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco ... teared up when he saw the bridge construction under way for the first time.

A Notice to Proceed was issued for the Randall Boulevard Bridge 034048 Rehabilitation Project, and Collier County’s ...

The home overlooks the mouth of the San Francisco Bay, which allowed the family to watch their fleet as it sailed in and out ...

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The Golden Gate Bridge's vaulting, orange arches amidst the rocky seascape of the San Francisco Bay have made it one of the West Coast's most enduring symbols and the city's most popular tourist ...