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 ...

Despite their city's obvious need to expand, a number of San Franciscans opposed Joseph Strauss' quest to build the Golden Gate Bridge. Their reasons ranged from the practical to the emotional.

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 ...

One year after its long-delayed completion, the $224 million steel-webbed suicide deterrent hanging under the Golden Gate Bridge appears to be working. Over the past 20 years, there have been ...

The Golden Gate Bridge's builders introduced many innovations, but perhaps the most impressive was the precise and efficient technique they used to construct the massive cables. The bridge's ...

The five-year, $224 million project to install nets on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to reduce the number of suicide deaths is saving lives as intended. In 2024, there were eight deaths ...

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration didn’t violate administrative law procedures when it revised an ...

Soaring 2,050 feet above the Beipan River, the 0.9-mile-long bridge rises an impressive nine times higher than San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is seen ...

Chelsea Davis is a SF based journalist covering food, drink & travel. Situated right across the iconic Golden Gate Bridge is the picturesque town of Sausalito, California. With gorgeous ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Golden Gate Bridge suicide net appears to be working and is doing what it's intended to do – reduce the number of deaths at the bridge. According to Golden Gate Bridge ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 30: A view of a net designed to prevent suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge on November 30, 2023 in San Francisco, California. The construction of the suicide ...