Golden Gate Bridge (in English: Golden Gate Bridge) or the Golden Gate Bridge, is a suspension bridge crosses the Golden Gate Strait Californian, which constitutes a meeting point between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Connecting bridge between the city of San Francisco, located in the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to the city of Sausalito, located at the southern tip of the peninsula in Marin County. Construction began with funding from the Department of Labour and projects (in English: Work Projects Administration; short: WPA) amid many difficulties in 1933 and took the project for four years, where the construction work was completed in 1937.
Was the only method of transit to and from each of the two banks interviews before the construction of the bridge is via boats. In 1820 appeared ferry service in the strait, where he took some of the owners of the boats transporting people and their belongings match the amount of money, but the service has not expanded and latch actually even held the forties of the nineteenth century, when it took some government agencies transporting drinking water to San Francisco.] 6] in 1867, appeared company Sausalito for the transfer of land and sea, with the passage of time, change its name until it became firm expressions of the Golden Gate (English: Golden Gate Ferry Company), and lasted largest phrases in the world until the twenties of the twentieth century. [6] [7] was transit pier Hyde Street in San Francisco to Sausalito cost $ 1.00 for a car or a single cart, and lasts about 20 minutes, then reduce the price later to compete with the bridge. [8] this led the monopoly of traffic across a section the city to demand a lot from their children build bridge up the San Francisco mainland, as it was still American city the only major that rely on ferry service, and because the rate of population growth was lower than the national growth rate due to its isolation from its surroundings. [9] According to many that the bridge could not be built through the Strait up a length of 2,042 meters (6,700 feet), especially since it is characterized by strong water currents and deep waters and strong winds rocked the center-aligned. [10]
Was the Golden Gate Bridge Until 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world along the 1.22-mile (1970 meters), is now the most famous teacher in San Francisco and one of its symbols. And can be easily identified by the color of "international orange" and its architecture distinctive towers. According to the classification of the American Society of Civil Engineers (English: American Society of Civil Engineers), this work of art is one of the seven wonders of the modern world. [11] and mentions him in the guide travel Frommers: «It may be the most beautiful, but the bridge the most photographed in world ». [12]
Thrown many people died of suicide from the bridge more than any other bridge in the world, [13] where it was recorded more than a thousand cases of suicide from the opposite side of the bay because it is open to pedestrians, while the opposite side Vmglq. [14] There is no accurate statistics indicate the number of those who committed suicide jumping from the bridge, because a lot of suicides not seen one. Often meant some people this bridge only for the purpose of suicide, and thus no doubt that a number of bodies had not been found at all because of erosion to sea by strong currents. Showed statistically in 2006 that 26 people only survived the attempt suicide, but most of them suffered from fractures severely due to collision with cold water very quickly, and among those not able to only 4% of the traffic again. [15] proposed several solutions to prevent jumping people on the bridge, Vsud several phones so that people can contact the police under any circumstances caught someone trying to jump, also roam the staff specialists bridge to adjust any person who attempts to commit suicide. [16] also suffers the bridge of serious problems Kazdham auto throttle and fog, which causes a lot of traffic accidents. The bad weather would lead to the closure of the bridge overall traffic, has already been closed the bridge three times because of the high winds that hit Balamadik and threatened the safety of passing cars. [17] has been erected Mraah the center of the towers on the west side of the bridge to measure wind speed.
To the Golden Gate Bridge an important place in American popular culture, has appeared in several works of art and literature of the movies, books and novels. The picture painted by the graceful bridge as an extension of the hands of the land is not unprecedented in all the United States. In addition, is a tourist site, where the bridge annually receives more than 10 million visitors
Was the only method of transit to and from each of the two banks interviews before the construction of the bridge is via boats. In 1820 appeared ferry service in the strait, where he took some of the owners of the boats transporting people and their belongings match the amount of money, but the service has not expanded and latch actually even held the forties of the nineteenth century, when it took some government agencies transporting drinking water to San Francisco.] 6] in 1867, appeared company Sausalito for the transfer of land and sea, with the passage of time, change its name until it became firm expressions of the Golden Gate (English: Golden Gate Ferry Company), and lasted largest phrases in the world until the twenties of the twentieth century. [6] [7] was transit pier Hyde Street in San Francisco to Sausalito cost $ 1.00 for a car or a single cart, and lasts about 20 minutes, then reduce the price later to compete with the bridge. [8] this led the monopoly of traffic across a section the city to demand a lot from their children build bridge up the San Francisco mainland, as it was still American city the only major that rely on ferry service, and because the rate of population growth was lower than the national growth rate due to its isolation from its surroundings. [9] According to many that the bridge could not be built through the Strait up a length of 2,042 meters (6,700 feet), especially since it is characterized by strong water currents and deep waters and strong winds rocked the center-aligned. [10]Was the Golden Gate Bridge Until 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world along the 1.22-mile (1970 meters), is now the most famous teacher in San Francisco and one of its symbols. And can be easily identified by the color of "international orange" and its architecture distinctive towers. According to the classification of the American Society of Civil Engineers (English: American Society of Civil Engineers), this work of art is one of the seven wonders of the modern world. [11] and mentions him in the guide travel Frommers: «It may be the most beautiful, but the bridge the most photographed in world ». [12]
Thrown many people died of suicide from the bridge more than any other bridge in the world, [13] where it was recorded more than a thousand cases of suicide from the opposite side of the bay because it is open to pedestrians, while the opposite side Vmglq. [14] There is no accurate statistics indicate the number of those who committed suicide jumping from the bridge, because a lot of suicides not seen one. Often meant some people this bridge only for the purpose of suicide, and thus no doubt that a number of bodies had not been found at all because of erosion to sea by strong currents. Showed statistically in 2006 that 26 people only survived the attempt suicide, but most of them suffered from fractures severely due to collision with cold water very quickly, and among those not able to only 4% of the traffic again. [15] proposed several solutions to prevent jumping people on the bridge, Vsud several phones so that people can contact the police under any circumstances caught someone trying to jump, also roam the staff specialists bridge to adjust any person who attempts to commit suicide. [16] also suffers the bridge of serious problems Kazdham auto throttle and fog, which causes a lot of traffic accidents. The bad weather would lead to the closure of the bridge overall traffic, has already been closed the bridge three times because of the high winds that hit Balamadik and threatened the safety of passing cars. [17] has been erected Mraah the center of the towers on the west side of the bridge to measure wind speed.
To the Golden Gate Bridge an important place in American popular culture, has appeared in several works of art and literature of the movies, books and novels. The picture painted by the graceful bridge as an extension of the hands of the land is not unprecedented in all the United States. In addition, is a tourist site, where the bridge annually receives more than 10 million visitors
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