The Golden Gate Bridge
Has No Marin County Commemorative Plaque
Construction of the bridge started in 1933. Engineer Joseph Strauss and architect
Irving Morrow created an extraordinarily beautiful bridge in an extraordinarily beautiful
setting. The designs for the Golden Gate Bridge showed the greatest attention to artistic
detail, especially on the two streamlined moderne towers. The bridge's 4,200 feet of clear
span (from tower to tower) was the longest in the world until 1959. On April 19, 1937,
the bridge was completed and the official dedication took place on May 27
Citation from
California Office of Historic Preservation
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