Photos: Happy 83rd birthday, Golden Gate Bridge! World-famous span opened to pedestrians on May 27, 1937, and more than 200,000 visitors came its first day ...

See a collection of current and historical photos as the Golden Gate Bridge turns 81 today. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 76°F. Monday, June 2nd 2025 Today's e-Edition.

Hundreds of thousands of people flooded San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge in 1987 to honor its 50th anniversary.

At 4,200 feet, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge built at that point. It required 1. 2 million rivets, 80,000 miles of spliced wire, and 254 steel suspender ropes.

Sept. 2, 1935: Workers install the first section of a huge safety net, at a cost of $98,000, that will extend from shore to shore beneath the Golden Gate Bridge span during construction of the bridge.

June 3, 1980 - Golden Gate Bridge during rush hour. When it gets slow, it really gets slow. Oct 6, 1986 - A blanket of fog came in on the Golden Gate Bridge late in the afternoon.

The images are real, but they are from the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1987. On June 14, 2025, millions of people across the U.S. showed up for the "No Kings" marches protesting ...

Look back at the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in photos. Expand Opening day on May 27, 1937, was “Pedestrian Day,” with 15,000 people an hour going through the turnstiles, paying 25 ...