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Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
The one-mile-wide strait that connect the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean is adorned with one of the Wonders of the Modern World, the Golden Gate Bridge. The rust-colored marvel is considered to be the most photographed bridge in the world and it is the most popular and internationally recognized landmark in California.
In 1937, when the bridge opened it was the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world and it soon became the most talked about. The US Navy, the Department of War and Union Pacific Railroad were all vehemently against the construction of the bridge because each one thought tit would impede their business in the strait.
The idea of a bridge across the Golden Gate was talked about for years by many developers, the proposal that got the ball rolling came from James Wilkens, who wrote an article in 1916 in the San Francisco Bulletin newspaper asking if someone could build the bridge for less than the estimated cost of $100 million ($2.5 billion). Joseph Strauss responded and said he could build a bridge for $17 million ($423 million) and he got the job.
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