work started inauspiciously as they began moving three million cubic feet of dirt. The idea for a bridge across the Golden Gate Strait, where the Pacific Ocean flows into the bay in Northern ...

The Golden Gate Bridge’s name isn’t from the Gold Rush. It actually comes from the Golden Gate Strait. Explorer John C. Frémont named it in the mid-1800s. The term “Golden Gate” means a ...

The Golden Gate Bridge's vaulting, orange arches amidst the rocky seascape of the San Francisco Bay have made it one of the West Coast's most enduring symbols and the city's most popular tourist ...

A native of San Jose, California, Amadeo Peter Giannini became a true booster of the San Francisco region and the financial guarantor of the Golden Gate Bridge. Born into a family of Italian ...