ON THIS DAY: In 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic and more than 200,000 people walked across.
The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge was built where the San Francisco Bay opens into the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 12, 1935.The Golden Gate Bridge under construction, in San Francisco, circa 1930s.Press cars driving along the new Golden Gate Bridge, May 24, 1937, in San Francisco.Heavy fog at sunset surrounds the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Jan. 27, 2014.
7-mile-long steel suspension bridge, one of the modern Wonders of the World, opened to traffic on May 27, 1937.The Golden Gate Bridge receding into fog, as viewed from Land's End in San Francisco in 1978. Its towers were the world’s tallest until 1998.A view of the Golden Gate Bridge from Marine Headlands with the city of San Francisco in the background, Feb. 20, 2007.Fog enshrouds part of the Golden Gate Bridge, Jan. 13, 2017, in San Francisco.
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