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● ● **Golden Gate Bridge **● ●



The bridge-opening celebration began on May 27, 1937 and lasted for one week. The day before vehicle traffic was allowed, 200,000 people crossed by foot and roller skate. On opening day, Mayor Angelo Rossi and other officials rode the ferry to Marin, and then crossed the bridge in a motorcade past three ceremonial "barriers," the last a blockade of beauty queens who required Joseph Strauss to present the bridge to the Highway District before allowing him to pass. Although the idea of a bridge spanning the Golden Gate was not new, the proposal that eventually took place was made in a 1916 San Francisco Bulletin article by former engineering student James Wilkins. San Francisco's City Engineer estimated the cost at $100 million. South tower seen from walkway view point of North end Strauss was chief engineer in charge of overall design and construction of the bridge project. However, because he had little understanding or experience with cable-suspension designs, responsibility for much of the engineering and architecture fell on other experts.  Irving Morrow, a relatively unknown residential architect, designed the overall shape of the bridge towers, the lighting scheme, and Art Deco elements such as the streetlights, railing, and walkways. The famous International Orange color was originally used as a sealant for the bridge. Many locals persuaded Morrow to paint the bridge in the vibrant orange color instead of the standard silver or gray, and the color has been kept ever since.  The center span was the longest among suspension bridges until 1964 when the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was erected between the boroughs of Saten Island and Brookland in New York City,surpassing the Golden Gate Bridge by 60 feet (18 m).The Golden Gate Bridge also had the world's tallest suspension towers at the time of construction and retained that record until more recently. In 1957, Mchigan's Mackinac Bridge surpassed the Golden Gate Bridge's total length to become the world's longest two-tower suspension bridge in total length between anchorages, but the Mackinac Bridge has a shorter suspended span (between towers) compared to the Golden Gate Bridge.
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The climate is temperate marine and generally mild year-round. Daytime temperatures range from 40 degrees in the winter to 75 degrees in the summer. Morning and evening fog rolls in during the summer and winter months, and can burn off by midday. The best months to visit can often be May/June and September/October.
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To find information about current weather conditions, visit  @http://ggweather.com/basi.htm or Including approaches, 1.7 miles (8,981 feet or 2,737 m). **__Middle span: __** 4,200 feet (1,966 m). **__Width: __** 90 feet (27 m) Clearance above the high water (average): 220 feet (67 m) **__<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: 'Goudy Old Style','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Total weight when built: __** <span style="color: #e36c0a; display: block; font-family: 'Goudy Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">894,500 tons (811,500,000 kg) **__<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: 'Goudy Old Style','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Total weight today: __** <span style="color: #e36c0a; display: block; font-family: 'Goudy Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">887,000 tons (804,700,000 kg). Weight reduced because of new decking material. **__<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: 'Goudy Old Style','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Local: __** <span style="color: #e36c0a; display: block; font-family: 'Goudy Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">Sanfrancisco, California and Marin County, California. **__<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: 'Goudy Old Style','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Opened: __** <span style="color: #e36c0a; display: block; font-family: 'Goudy Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">may 27, 1937 ||
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