Demirjian

Evelyn Demirjian


 * 1) The Name of the bridge is The Golden Gate Bridge
 * 2) The bridge was build in San Francisco, CA on May 28, 1937.
 * 3) The bridge was built to go across The Golden Gate Straight, which is the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
 * 4) The bridge was needed because people wanted to be able to go across the Golden Gate Straight without having to take a boat.
 * 5) This bridge is a Suspension type bridge.
 * 6) The bridge cost $35 million.
 * 7) This bridge was made from only steel and concrete, and was painted orange.
 * 8) The engineers faced a few challenges during the building and preparation of this bridge. At first, they wanted to make it a cantilever-suspension hybrid bridge. However, this was not going to work, for it would cost over $50 million, which is way over their budget. It would also bee too hard to make, and would not be able to stand over the Golden Gate Straight. So, to solve this problem, the engineers decided to just do a regular suspension type bridge.
 * 9) They started building this bridge on January 6, 1933, and was finished on May 28, 1937. It took a total of about 4 1/2 years.
 * 10) Measurements: Longest span 4,200 feet (1,280 m). Total length 8,981 feet (2,737 m). Width 90 feet (27 m). Height 746 feet (227 m). Vertical clearance 14 feet (4.3 m) at toll gates. Higher truck loads possible.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #920c92; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Fun facts <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">: The bridge was completed under its budget by $1.3 million. It is one of the longest bridges in the world. The two towers on the bridge rise 746 feet, making them 191 feet taller than the Washington Monument.

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