Golden Gate Bridge

This week my mom is on a business trip to San Francisco. This reminded me of the Golden Gate Bridge, something that I have always wanted to see.

Here is a picture.

Here are some interesting facts about the bridge from http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/sanfrancisco/a/ggbridge_3.htm

*The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest span in the world from its completion in 1937 until the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York in 1964. Today, it still has the ninth longest suspension span in the world.

*One of the most interesting Golden Gate Bridge facts is that only eleven workers died during construction, a new safety record for the time. 35 people were expected to die. One of the bridge's safety innovations was a net suspended under the floor. This net saved the lies of 19 men during construction, and they are often called the members of the "Half Way to Hell Club."