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Golden Gate Bridge

Joseph Strauss · 1937

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge completed in 1937. Joseph Strauss served as chief engineer, but the suspension design came from Leon Moisseiff. Charles Ellis resolved site-specific structural conflicts. Strauss introduced movable safety netting. No verified claim attributes aesthetic, metallurgical, or wind-theory innovation to Strauss.