Once called “the bridge that couldn’t be built,” today it is one the seven wonders of
the modern world. This magnificent span, perhaps San Francisco’s most famous landmark,
opened in 1937 after a four-year struggle against non-stop winds, fog, rock and
treacherous tides.
TOKYO (Reuters) Young women in colourful traditional costumes, masks and
white stoles braved cold weather in lines and sat seats apart from one another in
Yokohama on January 11, to mark Japan’s Coming of Age Day, even though the city is
under a state of emergency.
The world-famous Golden Gate Bridge is easily recognized by its International
Orange color. The bridge was built at a cost of $35 million in principal and $39 million in
interest and 11 workers’ lives. The bridge, with its twin towers reaching skyward 746 feet,
was once taller than any building in San Francisco. It took more than 10 years to make a
plan due to powerful opposition, but only four years in actual construction, the Golden
Gate Bridge brought the communities of San Francisco and Marin counties closer
together.
