Welcome to the famous Golden Gate Bridge, in the city of San Francisco on the USA’s west coast. Opened on this day in 1937, it was a marvel of engineering, built to withstand ferocious winds and swirling currents. Before the bridge was completed, a ferry was the only way across the Golden Gate, the mile-wide strait that connects the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco Bay. Many thought it would be impossible to build a bridge across it.
