The Golden Gate Bridge

Buddahaid · 05-27-18, 10:08 PM

They were on the southbound lanes on the SF side but they are now all FasTrak electronic collections. It's free to walk or bike across.

Gerald · 05-28-18, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

They were on the southbound lanes on the SF side but they are now all FasTrak electronic collections. It's free to walk or bike across.

https://www.batolls.info/bridges/gol...te_bridge.html

vienna · 05-30-18, 03:14 PM

The construction of the bridge was also the beginning of the imposition of strict safety rules on construction sites. Joseph Strauss, Chief Engineer for the GG Bridge project was a stickler for safety and, because of it, many lives were saved that might have otherwise been lost; the Golden Gate is a very rugged and hostile place when it came to the idea of building the span; growing up in San Francisco, there were many stories in the press and, later, on TV about the building of the Bridge...

“Cheating Death”: Worker Safety During Construction --

http://goldengatebridge.org/research/CheatingDeath.php

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