Discover the fascinating story behind the naming of San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge, an iconic piece of engineering ...

The bridge's name, "Golden Gate," actually refers to the body of water it spans (the Golden Gate Strait that connects the Pacific Ocean with the San Francisco Bay), and was built to make travel ...

By 1936, workers had built a precarious catwalk between them ... 18,000 people gathered on each side of the finished Golden Gate Bridge as it opened to pedestrians. San Franciscans had fun with ...

Workers completed the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. When the immediate landmark opened to the public, few of the men who had built it attended the celebration. Most of them figured they had seen ...

The new sky-high mega-bridge soars above a canyon in rural China, slashing travel times from over an hour to two minutes.

One year after its long-delayed completion, the $224 million steel-webbed suicide deterrent hanging under the Golden Gate Bridge appears to be working.

From the moment it graced the San Francisco skyline, the Golden Gate Bridge has stood as an emblem of engineering marvel ...

Historian Michael Beschloss reminds us that construction on San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge began today in 1933, in the depths of the Depression. The Golden Gate Bridge took four years ...

The five-year, $224 million project to install nets on the Golden Gate Bridge to reduce deaths by suicide is saving lives as ...

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.