The most beautiful and the most photographed bridge in the world, the Golden Gate Bridge which links the city of San Francisco to Marin County in California opened on this day way back in 1937. The festivities lasted for a full week before Mayor Angelo Rossi along with other officials crossed the bridge in a motorcade past three ceremonial barriers (the last being a blockade of beauty queens).
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, which is a three mile long, one mile wide channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.