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

River

Bridge

(1928)

Lewis and Clark

Bridge (1930)

Skansen Bridge

(1918)

“Construction of the Span”

Proposal to San

Fransisco Board

of Advisors

August 25, 1919

Sketch 1921Santa Rosa Meeting

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”