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a 1937 suspension bridge that turned suicide-red primer into the most photographed color on earth.
means a suspension bridge spanning the golden gate strait to connect san francisco with marin county.
from named for the golden gate strait it crosses, not its color; engineer joseph strauss led construction, but it was consulting engineer charles ellis and architect irving morrow who shaped its final elegant form after strauss's original clunky design was scrapped.
actual colorinternational orange, chosen to pop through fog
paint jobnever finished, crews repaint it forever
built duringthe great depression, on budget, on time
span recordheld longest suspension span title until 1964