Fun Facts about the Golden Gate Bridge:
- On February 17, 1937, ten men lost their lives when a section of scaffold carrying twelve men fell through the safety net.
- In total, eleven men died during construction.
- It would cost over 1.2 billion to build another Golden Gate Bridge today, estimated in consideration of the extent of environmental reviews and cost of labour and materials.
- The bridge is referred to as a thirty-five dollar steel harp!
- The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension span until New York City’s Verrazano Narrows Bridge was opened in 1964, having a span of 1.298 km, 18 m longer than the Golden Gate Bridge.
- To date, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Japan has the longest span length:1.991 km. It was opened in 1998.
- Because of its mightiness and symbolic significance, the Golden Gate Bridge has been included in a number of major motion pictures, such as Superman (1978), Star Trek (2009), and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011).