Although suggested as early as the late 1800s, the Golden Gate Bridge was not seriously considered until the 1920s. In 1921, Joseph Strauss was the lead architect for the bridge, with contributions ...

NMAH copy 39088019917343 Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. Moving beyond the familiar accounts of politics and the achievements of celebrity engineers and designers, Building the Golden Gate ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day, May 27, 1937, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge opened to the public after five years of construction. On that day, more than 200,000 people paid 25 cents each to ...