It took much more than a clever engineer and a relentless promoter to build the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge ... Workers came from all different backgrounds and occupations.

The Golden Gate Bridge’s name isn’t from the Gold Rush. It actually comes from the Golden Gate Strait. Explorer John C. Frémont named it in the mid-1800s. The term “Golden Gate” means a ...

Soon after, The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, & Transportation District, the agency responsible for the iconic suspension bridge’s maintenance, solved the mystery: The sound was due to high winds ...

A native of San Jose, California, Amadeo Peter Giannini became a true booster of the San Francisco region and the financial guarantor of the Golden Gate Bridge. Born into a family of Italian ...

The NTSB said the State of Maryland never ran a risk calculation on the Francis Scott Key Bridge - if it had, it would have been aware of the potential dangers. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of ...