The northern tip of Golden Gate Bridge connecting North California,connected to the southern tip of the San Francisco peninsula.When the ship arrived in San Francisco,from the deck and look,the giant steel tower first Yingru eye is the bridge.Standing on the bridge GANGDA,342 meters high,the high out of the water part is 227 meters,equivalent to a 70 storey building.On top of the tower with two each of 92.7 cm diameter,heavy 24500 tons of steel cable is connected,cable point prolapse,almost bridge,cable and bridge with one fine steel wire.The cables are anchored to the rocks on the shore.Bridge on both sides of the bridge body with two cables generated tremendous tensile property in midair.Steel tower between the bridge span of 1280 meters,is one of the rare single arch long span bridge big bridge built in the world.From the surface to the center of the bridge,about 60 meters high,wide and high,so even at high tide,large ships can SMOOTH OPERATOR.
Golden Gate Bridge from both ends GANGDA stretches part,a full 2737 meters long,therefore,and on two sides of the construction of the two auxiliary steel towers,the bridge shaped more spectacular.The bridge deck 27.4 meters wide,6 lanes and two spacious sidewalks.The designer of the bridge engineer Joseph Strauss,for his people to USA contribution,put his body in bridge statue.Bronze vivid,with an easy grace.
Golden Gate Bridge started in 1933 1937,completed in May,spent 4 years and more than 10 tons of steel,cost $35500000.The magnificent bridge shape,simple.The bridge was red,lying in the blue sea waves,lantern early release,such as the air,make the night scenery of San Francisco more magnificent.