Bridges are used around the world to get over a bay of water. There are several different designs that could be used when building bridges such as arc, beam , cable-stayed, truss and suspension bridges. The Golden Gate Bridge is a very well known example of a suspension bridge. It is located in San Francisco, California. Construction began in 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, and the bridge gave steady jobs to many people during this hard time. It was finished and opened in 1937, officially connecting Marlin County and San Francisco. The reason these types of bridges are called suspension bridges is because of two large cables, held up by two towers, are suspending a roadway. The main cables, made out of steel, extend from one
