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How would engineers build the Golden Gate Bridge today?

  • Written by Hota GangaRao, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University
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Ever since the Golden Gate Bridge opened to traffic on May 27, 1937, it’s been an iconic symbol on the American landscape.

By 1870, people had realized the necessity of building a bridge spanning the Golden Gate Strait to connect the city of San Francisco with Marin County. However, it...

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