A team of top engineers has worked for years to muffle a high-pitched whine that emanates from the Golden Gate Bridge — drowning out car radios and battering eardrums in the nearby Presidio ...
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.
One year ago, crews finished installing the suicide deterrent nets below San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Tuesday, we're ...
An ambulance would radio from the Golden Gate Bridge, reporting that someone had jumped from the rail — and miraculously ...
One year ago, crews finished installing the suicide deterrent nets below San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Tuesday, we're ...
Three years of litigation over delays and cost overruns on the Golden Gate Bridge Physical Suicide Deterrent and Wind Retrofit project in San Francisco has come to an end with a $97-million ...
Ken Holmes didn’t know that, either. Holmes was the coroner of Marin County, which is connected to San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. Until 1990, he rarely had a case that involved a jump ...
It took much more than a clever engineer and a relentless promoter to build the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge effort enlisted men by the hundreds to do the filthy, back-breaking, and routinely ...
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 ...
Soon after, The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, & Transportation District, the agency responsible for the iconic suspension bridge’s maintenance, solved the mystery: The sound was due to high winds ...