Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a stunning technological and artistic achievement, 1 to the public after five years of construction. On opening day–“Pedestrian Day”–some 200,000 bridge walkers 2 at the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge, which spans the Golden Gate Strait at the entrance to San Francisco Bay and 3 San Francisco and Marin County. On May 28, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to 4 traffic.On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to great acclaim, a 5 of progress in the Bay Area during a time of economic crisis. At 4,200 feet, it was the longest bridge in the world 6 the completion of New York City’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964. Today, the Golden Gate Bridge remains one of the world’s most recognizable architectural structures