Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: One-Billionth Car Crosses the Golden Gate Bridge

From Engineering Pathway:

Today in History - February 22, 1985 - one billionth car crosses the Golden Gate Bridge, the bridge crosses the Golden Gate Strait between San Francisco and Marin County to the north. Construction began on January 5, 1933. The bridge was open to pedestrian traffic on May 27, 1937, but was not open to automobile traffic until a day later on May 28. The one-billionth car crossed the bridge on February 22, 1985 and the bridge gets its own U.S. postage stamp on September 3, 1998. The American Public Works Association ranks the bridge one of the Top Ten Public Works Projects of the Century on September 19, 2000. The Golden Gate bridge has been declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers and may have the distinction of being the most photographed bridge in the world.

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