Golden Gate Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1933 - 1937 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, North America |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 37° 48' 50.00" N 122° 28' 40.00" W |
| Coordinates: | 37° 49' 32.00" N 122° 28' 45.00" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 1 280 m | |
| length of side spans | 343 m | |
| total length | 2 737 m | |
| cables | number of cables | 2 |
| strands per cable | 92 | |
| wires per strand | 27 572 | |
| deck | deck depth | 7.6 m |
| deck width | 27 m | |
| clearance | 67 m | |
| tower | tower height | 227.4 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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| deck truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 1954 - 1955 | Addition of Lower Lateral System. |
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| November 1972 - May 1976 | Suspender cable replacement. |
| 1981 - 1982 | Seismic retrofit. |
| November 1983 - August 1985 | Roadway deck and sidewalk replacement. |
Participants
Initial construction (1933-1937)
- Joseph Strauss (chief engineer)
- Irving Foster Morrow (architect)
- Othmar Ammann (consulting engineer)
- Charles Derleth, Jr. (consulting engineer)
- Leon Solomon Moisseiff (consulting engineer)
- Russel G. Cone (field engineer)
Steel construction
- Bethlehem Steel Co. (towers)
Cable steel supplier
Lower lateral system addition (1954-1955)
Seismic retrofit (2001-2005)
Consulting engineers
Contractor
Co-contractor
Prestressing
Suspender replacement, seismic retrofit & deck replacement (1981-1985)
Consulting engineers
Contractor
- Dillingham Construction (deck)
Cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
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A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering: Golden Gate Bridge
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A Span for All Seasons: Golden Gate (1)
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A Span for All Seasons: Golden Gate (1)
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A Span for All Seasons: Golden Gate (2)
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archINFORM: Golden Gate Bridge
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Bernd Nebel: Brücken Weltweit: Die Golden Gate Brücke
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Bridge Pros: Golden Gate Bridge
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bridge-info.org: Golden Gate Bridge
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Dan Heller Photography: Golden Gate Bridge
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ENR: Famed Golden Gate Span Undergoes Complex Seismic Revamp (03.01.2005)
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Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
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Great Buildings Online: Golden Gate Bridge
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HAER: Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
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Historic Bridges of the United States: Golden Gate Bridge
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PBS: American Experience: Golden Gate Bridge
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PBS: Building Big - Golden Gate Bridge
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Planète TP: Le Golden Gate Bridge
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San Francisco Museum: Construction of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges
Relevant Publications
- Un pylône du pont de la Porte d'Or à San Francisco, in "Ossature métallique", April 1937 v. 6
- Erdbebensicherungsmaßnahmen an der Golden Gate Brücke mit DYWIDAG geotechnischen Systemen und Spannverfahren, in "DSI Info", 2005- 2006, n. 13
- Les grands ponts en construction à San-Francisco, in "Ossature métallique", November 1934 v. 3
- Golden Gate Bridge Seismic Retrofit using DYWIDAG Geotechnical & Post-Tensioning Systems, in "DSI Info", 2005- 2006, n. 13
- Ambient Vibration Studies of Golden Gate Bridge, in "Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE)", April 1985, n. 4 v. 111
- Ambient Vibration Studies of Golden Gate Bridge, in "Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE)", April 1985, n. 4 v. 111
- Extending the lifespan of the North Anchorage Housing of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Brücken, Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein im Taunus (Germany), 1956; pp. 111-112
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 104-105
- Landmarks in American Civil Engineering History, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", November - December 2002, n. 11-12 v. 72
- Spanning the Gate, Squarebooks, ISBN 0916290360
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 142
- Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 194-202
- High Steel, Celestial Arts, ISBN 0890878595, 1998
- Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 82-83
- Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 82-83
- Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004109; pp. 82-83
- Introduction to the Golden Gate Bridge retrofit project, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Golden Gate Update, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", November 2000, n. 11 v. 70
- Seismic analysis of the Fort Point Arch of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 90-91
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 90-91
- Cable Safety Factors for Four Suspension Bridge, in "Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE)", November 1997, n. 4 v. 2
- Superspan, Squarebooks, ISBN 0916290786, 1998
- Seismic retrofit of the North Approach Viaduct of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Seismic retrofit of the suspension spans of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 278-280
- Seiemic retrofit of the South Pylons for the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Seismic retrofit of the South Approach Viaduct of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Seismic analysis and behavior of three major western-U.S. suspension bridges (San Francisco-Oakland West Bay Crossing, Golden Gate Bridge, Tacoma Narrows Bridge), presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
- Probing the Golden Gate, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", June 1991, n. 6 v. 61
- Golden Gate Bridge, Chronicle Books, San Francisco (USA), ISBN 0811863379, 2008
- Golden Gate Bridge Improvements, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", May 1987, n. 5 v. 57
- 50 Jahre Golden Gate-Brücke in San Francisco, in "Stahlbau", December 1987, n. 12 v. 56
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 211-212
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 146-147
- Golden Gate Bridge: Deck Investigation, in "Journal of the Technical Councils of ASCE", April 1981, n. 1 v. 107
- Rehabbing under Traffic, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", July 1986, n. 7 v. 56
- Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281191478, 2001
- Die Golden Gate Bridge wird ein zweites Fahrbahndeck erhalten, in "Stahlbau", November 1968, n. 11 v. 37
- Building Over the Golden Gate, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", May 1987, n. 5 v. 57
- Architectural heritage and seismic retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Le plus grand pont suspendu du monde: le pont de la Porte d'Or à San-Francisco, in "La Technique des Travaux", November 1935, n. 11 v. 11
- The Golden Gate Bridge, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 12/1980, v. 352
- Golden Gate Bridge - Performance Under Wind Loading, presented at Structures Congress XIII, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-5.4.1995.
- Golden Gate Bridge Deck Replacement, The Welding Innovation Quarterly, Summer 1986
- Golden Gate Bridge - Report of the Chief Engineer [Vol. II], San Francisco (USA), 2007
- Seismic Retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at 7th Annual Bridge Conference, 1990, Paper IBC 90-58.
- The Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, San Francisco (USA), 1937
- Wind-Induced Response of Golden Gate Bridge, in "Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE)", January - February 1983, n. 1 v. 109
- The Gate, Simon & Schuster, New York (USA), ISBN 0-671-60205-5, 1986
- Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 3764001763, 1984
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000029 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 21/05/2013 |
