The Golden Gate's towers are much higher - 746 feet, compared with 526 feet for the Bay Bridge. Its roadway is placed at one-third of the height of the towers; on the Bay Bridge, the road cuts the ...

A Golden Gate Bridge commemorative poster done by San Francisco artist John Mattos and available thru the Art Deco Institute of California. John Mattos.

On Jan. 5, 1933, construction began on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge before it became what was then the world's longest suspension bridge, and what was yet to become one of the wonders of the ...

That’s according to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, which will now repair the art deco facade on the bridge’s south tower, and give it a fresh coat of paint.

The Golden Gate Bridge's Accidental Color In the 1930s, the now-iconic hue "international orange" was a radical choice, ... Morrow designed the bridge's lighting and its art-deco styling.