GGB+Physical+features

The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 1933-1937 and took 4 years to build. The designers of the G.G.B were Joseph Strauss, Irving morrow and Charles Ellis. Morrow’s most famous contribution to the G.G.B was its burnt red orange he called international orange. The G.G.B. is orange because it goes good with the surroundings .The design of the G.G.B. is suspension truss arch and truss causeways. The height of the towers is 856 feet. The G.G.B. is maintained by the Golden Gate Bridge highway and transportation district. The G.G.B. is 1.7 miles long or 4,200 feet, the width of the G.G.B. is 90 feet. The speed limit on the G.G.B. is 45 miles per hour. Currently there are 17 iron workers and 38 painters. There is a cage under the bridge on the Marin side that allows cyclists to safely enter the headlands.