The Golden Gate Bridge’s name isn’t from the Gold Rush. It actually comes from the Golden Gate Strait. Explorer John C. Frémont named it in the mid-1800s. The term “Golden Gate” means a ...

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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 ...

Despite their city's obvious need to expand, a number of San Franciscans opposed Joseph Strauss' quest to build the Golden Gate Bridge. Their reasons ranged from the practical to the emotional.

He asked Moisseiff to serve on a board of consultants to the Golden Gate Bridge. Moisseiff, who by that time had become a heavyweight in bridge design theory, publicly loaned support to Strauss ...

Soaring 2,050 feet above the Beipan River, the 0.9-mile-long bridge rises an impressive nine times higher than San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is seen ...