THE GOLDEN GATE

BRIDGE
Joseph Baerman Strauss

1870-1938

Cincinatti, Ohio

1892-Graduates
college
 Not only did he build the GGB…

Burnside
Bridge
(1926)

Hoquiam Lewis and Clark

River Bridge (1930)
Bridge
(1928) Skansen Bridge
(1918)
 “Construction of the Span”
Proposal to San
Fransisco Board
of Advisors
August 25, 1919

Santa Rosa Meeting Sketch 1921

January 13, 1923

APPROVED! 
 Construction Begins!
January 23, 1929- Board of Supervisors
first meeting
-Strauss elected chief engineer

Taxes levied to support preliminary

engineering, legal work, etc.

January 5,
1933
 CRISSY FIELD
 Febuary 26, 1933 Ceremony @ Crissy Field
 100,000
 80 foot replica by engineering students
 Safety First 

 Industry Norm: One man/Million dollars

 Edward W. Bullard / mining helmet/hard hat
 Sand Blast Respirator Helmet
 Special Precautions: glare-free goggles,
cream, diet
 Bridge Statistics
 1.7 miles long
 Width 90 feet

 Roadway between curbs: 62 feet

 Weight of bridge: 887,000 tons
 Fiesta Week
 May 27- June 2, 1937
 “At Last, the Mighty Task is Done”

 Fiesta Queens
Bridge Lighting

Irving F. Morrow (size and dignity)

Low pressure sodium

vapor lamps (1937)

High pressure sodium

vapor lights (1987)

Original roadway light- 128, 90 watts

 In Conclusion…
Tolls (as of 2008)

Suicides

Photography

Top 10 Construction Achievements of

the 20th century

1994- “Seven Wonders of the Modern

World”