75, Golden Gate Bridge you don't look a day over 30.

This Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. This bridge is one of the most well known and iconic landmarks in San Francisco. Not to mention one of the most spectacular and beautiful sights in the country. Named after the narrow strait that marks the entrance to the San Francisco Bay, this architectural beauty took about 20 years to build.

The engineer Joseph Strauss campaigned tirelessly for 16 years to very skeptical officials and naysayers of this very controversial project. Despite the concern of it's proximity to the San Andreas fault and the heavy waves of the strait posing great danger for the underwater construction necessary Strauss sold them on the idea of this majestic bridge. Thank goodness he did. The bridge opening up the way for Marin county to have easier access to the city creating a new revenue. Construction began in January 1933 and was completed in May 1937. On opening day Joseph Strauss proudly proclaimed,  "The bridge which could not and should not be built, which the War Department would not permit, which the rocky foundation of the pier base would not support, which would have no traffic to justify it, which would ruin the beauty of the Golden Gate, which could not be completed within my costs estimate of $27,165,000, stands before you in all its majestic splendor, in complete refutation of every attack made upon it."


Here it stands 75 years later just as beautiful as ever. Thank you Mr. Strauss for your passion and hard work in constructing this regal landmark.