I get that feeling when I see all the past building projects I've worked on. That's the feeling you get when you are in construction. Not so much in a bean pushing government job. That's why so many disgruntled government workers. Little sense of accomplishment.
As a young kid in 1961 I used to sit on the shores of Alameda, CA (near NAS Alameda) and watch ships sail under the Golden Gate bridge. I used always wonder were they were going. Those were fun and simple days.
I finally realised my childhood dream of seeing the Golden Gate Bridge in 2018 at age 66. It didn’t disappoint and was every bit as spectacular as I hoped it would be.
@@JB-kx9bx Yes there are days you have clear skies in Sausalito, then you get through the tunnel and it's socked in fog and you can barely see the lights on the bridge. I have no idea how many times I've driven across it. I have never walked across it!
I attended the 50th anniversary bridge walk in 1987. They expected 50,000 people. But actual attendance estimates range from 400,000 up. I saw the bridge deflection and it was readily apparent that it was experiencing the heaviest load ever. One saving grace was that the entire roadway and its supporting steel substructure had recently been replaced with lighter, modular sections. This reduced the span's weight by an estimated 11,000 tons. I tried to walk from the toll plaza to the Marin side. But, so many people converged from both directions that after 2 hours, I only made it to mid span. You literally had to wait as much as a minute just to squeeze in a single, small step. It was reported that a cyclist who got on to the bridge as soon as it opened for pedestrian traffic found it so difficult to leave that he tossed his bike over the side.
That's an entire day of crossing the bridge of people. all out of their cars at one time. What I want to know is where the hell did everyone park to get to the bridge that day. I drive over it a few times a month on average and My relatives where there that day. they told me about it. someone Joked about "If everyone jumped up and down at the same time, the vibration would collapse it" or something weird like that. this is why soldiers stop marching over bridges apparently and go to a soft walk.
What sets this bridge apart from so many bridges is the amount of detail that went into the structure. One can spend a great deal of time just looking at all the detail work on the towers. Something they never do anymore. The great public works projects of the 20's and 30's are no more. If the bridge had to be replaced, something dull and boring would be put up.
Everything now is dull and boring. Even the standard houses. Look at houses pre 1940 and each one was unique and you can tell an individual put his heart into building that house with his own artistic design to it. Now everyone lives in a copy and paste cookie cutter house.
I've crossed that bridge probably over 50 times, every time you're always in awe. Coming from the North especially, you get to see the bridge in its entirety. Absolutely incredible. A timeless postcard icon.
@Lighthouse in the Storm ??? Why should it be replaced? It is a global icon and one of the most famous structures in the world. There's a reason why millions of people visit it, the design and color is timeless.
it's crazy, knowing how less dedicated people are today even though we have much better technologies. today's projects take a really long time. Empire state building took only one year and a couple months, almost 100 years ago.
Having worked on the bridge I've seen it like few ever will. I've been on top of both towers, the moat areas surrounding the base of the towers as well as in the support foundations on both sides. It remains one of the engineering marvels of our time!!
That must be a 'trip' to see it from such angles and its internals.. I joined the 1987 walk across the bridge. It is quite an event. In the 80's, it was briefly shut down because of a category 1 hurricane (80 mph winds). I snuck on to the bridge, as the gate to the west side pedestrian/cycling was not shut. I wanted to see if the bridge was swaying like the infamous Tacoma Narrows bridge. Walking with my bike, I got to just short of the S.F. tower and looked down the road for several minutes - rock solid - no visible swaying. on the way back, I passed a lamp posts and heard something other than the wind...a speaker, saying 'You with the bicycle, for the last time, get off the bridge or you will be arrested" I gave a wave to the main building to acknowledge I heard, and left.
I live about 45 mins away from the bridge, ive been there tons of times, i know ppl who have been living in the area and never walked or even crossed the bridge wtf
As boy living in Australia I marveled at the great engineering feats in the US that defied their massive scale thru imagination and hard work, all while the the great depression was breaking people's spirits, these projects became wonders of the world. In 2016, at 50 I finally got to see three of the most iconic projects from that time... The Golden Gate bridge, the Empire State Building, and the Hoover Dam. Simply incredible structures.
Another major change to the bridge's day to day operations is the installation of the moveable center barrier. Finally. In 2015. Astonishingly there have been no head on collisions since it was installed. What a surprise!
As a San Franciscan & architectural historian who has seen many reviews of SF and the GG Bridge your doc is the most detailed and accurate I have seen. I was out there on the 50th anniversary in 1987. We had no idea it was flattening but we saw some people climbing on the outside cables trying to free themselves from the crush of 850K people. It was stunning, and scary and as we all knew historic. Today I live still near my bridge.
Highly recommend everyone to see this magnificent piece of human engineering along with a lovely drive down I1 on the west coast along the Pacific... one of the most beautiful places on earth 🌎
My own grandfather worked on the 1st tower, from Pennsylvania state and a ww2 veteran, he came to SF and needed a job, but basically penniless coming in, he was unable to abstain the cold weather, high winds, etc, due to, God bless him, the lack of clothing that he had, and this came as one of many stories my beloved grandfather told me, a veteran who in fact was in a submarine during WW2, AND an amazing person my heart ❤ goes out for him, he is the appittamy of what America stands for and to this day, I love this man and the sacrifice he took for our country 💙 and his job 💙 ❤ on the bridge, which, to this day is my favorite place to be, I have rode up the tower, been through all the elements of how and why this 💙 bridge met so much and glad to be a part of the historic moments 💙 ❤
I walked across that bridge when i was about 25.I nearly 50 now. It took me 3755 strides! I climbed up the hill to look back on the city just so that I could always say i'd been there and see tht iconic view with my own eyes. The best year of my life was that year. I travelled from England and backpacked from coast to coast via brief visits to Canada, Mexico and eventually spending christmas island hopping in Hawaii.
What an amazing piece of human engineering. A true marvel. And the fact that it is 86 years old makes it far more impressive than a bridge the same size that would be built today. Also, most grandparents that are still alive today, are not even as old as this bridge!
My grandpa was in San Francisco when he was in the army in 1946. He told me it takes an entire year to paint the bridge. It amazes me the bridge so big so huge it take that long to paint.
I crossed this bridge, mostly by commute bus, twice a day for my whole career. Going south from Marin County (pronounced Muh-RIN, not MARE-in) into the City, and home, north, in the afternoon. In the early mornings it’s so dark, foggy and drizzly that one can’t see much, but the afternoon rides home were spectacular. The fog would just be drifting in wisps, or unrolling like a blanket, across the bridge, which was brilliantly sunlit golden by the afternoon sun. When new visitors stay with me, I always take them first to the famous overlook of the bridge (Marin side, north of the highway), where so many commercials, advertisements, etc. were filmed. It never fails to impress.
Charles Alton Ellis (1876-1949) was a professor, structural engineer and mathematician who was chiefly responsible for the structural and aesthetic design of the Golden Gate Bridge (it was only possible because of him). Because of a dispute with Joseph Strauss, he was not recognized for being the actual designer of the bridge when it opened in 1937. His name doesn't appear on the original commemoration plaque. "Back in the 1920s, Joseph Strauss, the chief engineer on the project, hired Ellis to do all the engineering design work (because he had no experience with suspension bridge design of his own). And so Ellis did, and by all accounts, did quite well, creating one of the most iconic structures of the twentieth century. But, in an episode that has never been fully explained, Strauss fired Ellis after all the design and engineering work was done and had his name removed from all bridge and historical promotional material and then Strauss took all the credit for himself. And for years, bridge management has rebuffed efforts to give Ellis the credit owed him. But all that will change on Sunday when a shiny new brass plaque honoring Ellis will be officially unveiled. Hopefully this will also mean Ellis' grandchildren can now get that employee discount in the gift shop." bit.ly/2JdvpO5 lat.ms/2JeGgqY bit.ly/2KXTXaY
A concise and enjoyable accounting of how America's greatest bridge survived enormous economic and engineering challenges. It was constructed in only four years, and smack in the middle of the Great Depression. Compare that to 14 years required for the recent construction of the much smaller Oakland extension of the Bay Bridge. That project went billions over budget and years behind schedule, and now there are complaints that is cables are rusting prematurely.
The SF-Oakland Bay Bridge, a year before the Golden Gate, was the first major bridge completed in the US where no workers died in accidents. The guys in charge of the Golden Gate were determined to repeat that and were devastated when that paving machine accident occurred. Several of them left the industry and never designed a bridge again.
Golden Gate is amazing landmark it is the gate to San Francisco every car coming from the Marin crosses it every boat coming into the US to reach Oakland goes under it it is one of the 7 wonders of the modern world.
There had been a proposal to add BART on a lower deck early in the conception of the system; stretching service into Marin. What a different region it would be had that come to pass.
Each tower has an elevator from the pedestrian walkway to the top of the towers. Riding the elevator is amazing as it is an open maintenance elevator so as you go up you are looking at the reverse sides of the tower. It’s rust and wet steel structure is amazing. Once at the top you get out and climb a ladder to a hatch and then another and you come out onto the deck. The deck is very wide and the views are incredible! Been lucky enough to go up five times. Not open to the public I might add also. Love this bridge!
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And then got fixed. Go visit. It is rather like the highline in New York, a park on top of a three block long building. But we will have to wait for the DTX to get the trains in. You will have to be satisfied with buses, but they have their own bridge.
@@vandrell 1) I got his joke. I would have gotten it even if it was written like this "The golden gate strait is one of the only straight things in SF". Therefore I genuinely think he did not misspell it on purpose, but as a mistake. If English is not someone's first language, the word "strait" is not that common to come across. 2) writing "r/whoosh" is so stupid. Not all people are on reddit and give a crap about the "r/" culture. Couldn't you write "it was a joke", or even a simple "whoosh" without the r/ would be better. It gives a feeling of hidden message "I am on reddit so I am better than you" which is what I hate about it.
@@DeckofLies That is an interesting thing to say. Do you have an evidence for that? I would like to learn about it. Sure, if it was completely straight, you might experience going slightly downhill and then slightly uphill, but I think it is negligible. My back of the envelope calculations indicate that if the main span was completely straight, the midpoint would be 4cm lower than the part fixed to the towers, which is negligible at that distance. Or my calculations are wrong. I believe the suspension bridges have to be curved because of the transfer of the loads. If it was straight, then its own weight would pull it down and stretch it. If it is curved, the downforce actually compresses it. Also, having it dead straight would reduce its flexibility during earthquakes and stuff (I think). If it is curved, it can stretch back and forth a bit if needed.
I cross this beautiful bridge about 2-3 times a month with my bicycle all the way up to Hawk Hill. The views of the bridge and my beloved city of San Francisco never gets old.
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The beauty of the bridge ,and the breath taking view..... of many people whom have taken their lives. Beauty and sorrow for many years. "Jesus saves without excuses"
As an Architect, I am always fascinated with bridge structural design. I stink at structural design, but am ...fascinated with bridges. I wish this video could have delved more into the structures of the bridge.
Was just there on that hill in Sausalito overlooking the bridge and the ocean. As my friend said, "it made my heart sing". It's an experience like no other.
The strait was called the Golden Gate a hundred years before the bridge. As the video said, the paint was a primer coat. So many people found the color attractive, they decided to keep it that way.
I'm surprised that he didn't mention Fort Point! That is an amazing arch over that civil war era fort! I explored the fort in 2017 and the view from the top level of the fort looking up at the huge arch is amazing! The view of the bridge at the water level there is awesome too! In Hitchcock's Vertigo, there is the scene where Kim Novak jumps into the Bay there and Jimmy Stewart dives in to save her!
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The Brooklyn Bridge in NYC was arguably an even more impossible undertaking that was completed decades earlier then the Golden Gate. Please consider making a video of that history.
I think the most impressive is the bay bridge also in san Francisco. It was built at the same time, but its 7miles long. Thats really impressive for the time it was built
