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Hi, I'm from Switzerland..

I would like to welcome you to my English presentation about the Golden Gate Bridge.

In Summer 2013, I visited with my family the west coast of America. This journey wouldn’t be complete without a stop in San Francisco. On the first day we drove with our rental car across the Golden Gate Bridge and I was thrilled. Before I would like to tell you more about my own experience, I will tell you some details about the bridge.

The Golden Gate Bridge connects the north of San Francisco with the south of the Marin Peninsula. (Image: Map) The suspension bridge, which is made of steel, was constructed by the bridge engineer Joseph Strauss and belongs to the Golden Gate Bay. The name "Golden Gate" comes from the bay, which was called “Golden Gate“ during the time of the Gold Rush in the 1850's".

The bridge has a length of 2,37km and a height of 235m. President Roosevelt opened it on the 28 of May 1937, after four years of construction. (Image: Bridge November 1936) The construction was during this time a great technical challenge. Until 1964 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Today it reachs the 12th place. (Image: Bridge today)

Actually Strauss wanted to paint the bridge in an ordinary gray. But when he saw the red rust inhibitors "International Orange", he liked it so much that he chose this.

The cost of the suspension bridge in those days amounted to 35 million dollars. Converted it  would be about 629 million dollars today.

Thank you

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I would like to welcome you to my English presentation about the Golden Gate Bridge.

In Summer 2013, I visited the west coast of America with my family. This visit wouldn’t have been complete without a stop in San Francisco. On the first day we drove our rental car across the Golden Gate Bridge and I was thrilled. Before I tell you more about my own experience, I would like to tell you some details about the bridge.

The Golden Gate Bridge connects the north of San Francisco with the south of the Marin Peninsula. (Image: Map) The suspension bridge, which is made of steel, was constructed by the bridge engineer Joseph Strauss and is named for the Golden Gate Bay.  (The Golden Gate bay was so named from the time of the of the Gold Rush in the 1850's).

The bridge has a length of 2,37km and a height of 235m. President Roosevelt opened it on the 28 of May 1937, following four years of construction. (Image: Bridge November 1936) At that time this was a great technical challenge. Until 1964 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Today it is the twelfth longest.  (Image: Bridge today)

Originally Strauss wanted to paint the bridge in an ordinary gray. But when he saw the red rust inhibitors "International Orange", he liked it so much that he chose this instead.

The cost of the suspension bridge in those days amounted to 35 million dollars. Converted it would be about 629 million dollars today.

I hope this is helpful for you.

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