Construction began on January 5, 1933, and the work seemed ill-fated from the start. The idea for a bridge across the Golden Gate Strait was proposed in 1872 by railroad mogul Charles Crocker.

"It was never just a job to me. I loved the work." In the era of the Golden Gate Bridge's construction, workmen knew a grim rule of thumb: on average, one worker would be killed for every million ...

Operating in one of America's busiest ports, local shippers fretted that bridge construction would negatively affect their businesses. Golden Gate Ferries, owned by Southern Pacific, California's ...

Historian Michael Beschloss reminds us that construction on San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge began today in 1933, in the depths of the Depression. The Golden Gate Bridge took four years ...

Coming out of halftime, ESPN showed a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Though Jones thought he was looking at another one. “San Francisco, folks, just irradiant at night,” he said.