G.G.B.+history

Golden Gate Bridge

Joseph B. Strauss was a German American structural engineer and designer who designed the Golden Gate Bridge. Many people had hopes and fears about the Golden Gate Bridge. They estimated the cost within a practical range of $ 25,000,00 to $ 30,000,000 and concluded that the main span would be at least 4000 feet. Eleven men died during the construction of the golden gate bridge. Their names were Kirmit Moore, Cris Anderson, William Bass, O. Desper, Fred Dummazen, Terence Hallinan, Eldridge Hillen, Charles Lindros, Jack Norman, and Louis. Only eleven men died while the golden gate bridge was being built which suprised them because they thought 35 would die. There was a net that saved 19 people and those people were called the half-way to hell club. The first day the golden gate bridge was open was 1937. In 1987 a major 50th anniversary celebration of the golden gate bridge was held in San Fransisco.