The $1BN Race to Save The Golden Gate Bridge
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Stop the clicking noises. They're very annoying!
Stop taking MasterWorks money and misleading your subscribers/viewers! Just like FTX, MasterWorks is leveraging influencers to promote speculation. Sucks Fred Mills is ok doing this.
within budget and on time.... words you never hear anymore
My understanding is that is more because budget and timeline are shortened at proposal to make with project more appealing while everyone involved knows it will take longer and cost more. It's easier to say "We need more money to finish".
Early even.
@@deceivingleek2 Just like here in Sweden
And only 11 people had to die
Most one off projects always run over estimates because the estimates tend to be under calculated in the long run. It depends on what it is and how much it was over run for it to be a problem. It's often times not that much of an issue.
As much as the bridge is an incredible engineering feat, coming in ahead of schedule and under budget is a VASTLY more impressive feat.
So original
@@gubocci Thanks!
Having no worker unions at the time would help ya
Just means they over-budgeted, which is actually considered a bad thing for engineering projects. The original budget is meant to be a realistic lower bound if everything goes perfectly to plan.
Yes and it had seemingly few corners cut everything was calculated correctly and back of napkins and slide rules were the tools of the trade back then, it has stood the test of time atleast on a human scale, Integrity was in fashion for this build !
Driving across the bridge for the first time after having seen it so often on TV or in movies for over 50 years was practically surreal. It was indeed real. And gorgeous. What an amazing feat of engineering and aesthetic beauty.
too bad the city has gone to complete shit
If you have the opportunity, hike up to SlackersHill / SCA trail - you'll get to see the bridge from above. đ
Great works of engineering are rarely also great works of art. My favorite exceptions are the St. Louis Arch and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Oh, you must be talking about that bridge made of spaghetti, right? I've heard it's so wobbly that cars do the cha-cha while crossing it! But seriously, who needs a bridge when you can just use a trampoline to bounce across? Engineering and aesthetics? More like a bouncy castle for grown-ups! đ
I have crossed it twice and both times I purposefully drove from north to south to get the effect of seeing it suddenly revealed after driving out of the tunnel. It's kind of like driving on a cloud.
As I was sitting with a group of friends in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge enjoying a picnic brunch on the 50th anniversary, I wondered aloud if any city engineers had calculated the weight all the people were putting on the bridge deck. All my friends were positive they must have. I wasnât and sure enough they hadnât. It was the most weight the bridge had ever supported.
what fascinated me about that was how many more people can fit through a space without being enclosed in cars, that they even _outweigh the cars_
But it WAS "supported" and didn't collapse, Dean....!!! đ
Pursuant to this vid, current estimations are that the bridge can withstand an earthquake in _"the lower 8s."_
Anything above THAT, with its proximity to both the San Andreas & Hayward faults, then predictably, any damage to the Golden Gate will be THE LEAST of San Fran's worries....!!!! đź While engineers are well on their way to even stronger restructuring as we speak, the Classic MSM "fear mongering" IS *The New Normal.* đ
How much does 800,000 people weigh?
@@HyperBiker About 60,000 tonnes. Although this was in the US, so you can probably double it.
@@HyperBiker They weren't all on the bridge at once. In fact most of them didn't even make it onto the bridge. 800,000 attended the celebration (80,000 were expected). 300,000 crossed the bridge, again not all of them were on the bridge at once. Still, there were tens of thousands on the bridge at any one time, and it definitely strained under the load.
Fortunately, the thing was ridiculously overbuilt and didn't collapse.
I used to commute to SF from Marin every day. Though the traffic sucked, the Golden Gate Bridge NEVER stopped amazing me. It, and the surroundings, are stunning.
Me, too, my whole career. How I loved seeing the fog drifting in across the bridge on my way home every afternoon!đ
I used to commute from Santa Rosa to south of Market, funny can't remember what year, but I do remember the toll had gone up from a quarter to 50 cents. And yes the traffic was horrible, 3 hours each way to go 50 miles, but, I never once lost the sensation of seeing it for the first time every time I see it.
My grandfather photographed the bridge in 1936 while it was under construction. He was on a boat ride and shot a whole roll of 35mm black and white film of the bridge as they approached it. They were just starting to install the sections for the roadway, moving away from each tower.
Do you have the picture by chance?
VERY cool đ
Should digitize it and post online for history keeping.
Omg! Iâm from the town (Bethlehem) in Pennsylvania that made the steel for this bridge. Iâm so glad you mentioned it. Bethlehem steel also supplied steel for the Chrysler Bldg, Empire State Bldg, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Ctr, GW Bridge and Verazzano Narrows Bridge just to name a few.
Prefabricated sections or the raw structural steel itself? That it might have been half built in the East. WOW!
@@michaelrmurphy2734 I couldnât tell you for sure.
@@Jack_Russell_Brown - The sections were to large (and long) to be shipped by train. And how? Across the Bay Bridge? The transcontinental railroad ended in Oakland. A ship makes perfect sense, because they probably sailed right up to the construction site and unloaded the sections and put them on barges/ used cranes and assembled them onsite (though I'm not sure, but this info can almost certainly be researched).
I mean, isnât your town famous for being ⊠Bethlehem Steel? Itâs kind of well known to most people.
@@ronswansonsdog2833 it is but I was born in 1994. One year before the steel closed. I didnât even grow up with it so I didnât think it was that well known across those nation or globe anymore.
My commute bus crossed over this bridge just minutes after the Loma Prieta earthquake. We were all holding our breath! We were stopped at a light in North Beach when it hit, and had no idea how much damage it had caused. We could only see a little window breakage along the edge of the Marina District, driving north on Lombard. I was glad I had left work on time that afternoon, it was one of the few times I ever did in my career. My colleagues spent the night on the 31st floor, or walked down the 31 flights of stairs, only to find all transport systems in chaos (most people who work in San Francisco commute from the rest of the Bay Area, which usually means crossing a bridge). All the way home to San Rafael, cars were pulled up on the 101 freeway, checking their tires, but the swaying was caused by aftershocks, not flat tires. Our poor cat was utterly terrified when we got home, and would jump onto me whenever an aftershock hit again, poor baby.
I was in Santa Cruz, I'll never forget it. Perfect fall day, then the quake, The Sun went down on a war zone, smoke and dust rising everywhere. The full moon rose blood red. We spent the next two nights in the driveway, it seemed just too dangerous to go indoors.
Although growing up in the East Bay Area the Oakland Bay Bridge was always my favorite bridge, especially getting the opportunity to walk across it during the re-opening after the Loma Prieta earthquake, the Golden Gate holds a special place in my heart. It's even my desktop wallpaper. Me, I think it symbolizes the Bay Area so well - we face challenges head-on and overcome them. Thank you for another wonderful video!
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I never thought a âboringâ topic like retrofits and repairs to existing infrastructure would be so interesting. Would love to see some more videos on it because my guess is thatâs where the bulk of the infrastructure spending goes.
During my 4 years of uni at USF I was lucky enough to ride my motorcycle across this bridge dozens and dozens of times. Always around sunset and always just for fun. I love you gg bridge
Having hiked the Marin headlands, I have seen the Golden Gate Bridge from a vantage point that blew my mind. It is such a beautiful structure.
The view of the city, with the bridge in the foreground, from the Marin Headlands is a must-see! Having lived always in Marin, I always take visitors there first, then into the city.đ
It's indeed an impressive feat of engineering and construction. Walking across bridge is one of the most amazing things you can do in the USA.
A few years ago I drove Route 66, then heading up the California coast to San Francisco before heading east. The ONLY thing I did in San Francisco is drive over the Golden Gate, park my car, and then walk back and forth across the bridge. And yes, it is a very cool thing to do.
@@JeffDeWittI did it too a while back and I agree, itâs AMAZING!
Another fantastic video. I donât tend to comment other than to say âgreat job, and keep âem comingâ. Thank you.
So you do tend to comment đ
@@zainzain8679 he was feeling chatty that dayđ
This is one of the best videos Iâve seen by the B1M. Great history, graphics and fascinating present-day earthquake prevention plans. Thanks so much for making this!
Not long after the arch flattening celebration '89ish, I rode my bike across the GGB to the Marin side and went below where the road deck slices across the leveled headland hilltop for a hundred meters. I was young and strong and able to balance on my bike and reach up to the deck trusses. Since I was on the solid ground, I could feel the bridge moving up and down gently in the wind... It was pretty unbelievable! Oh, for a smartphone!
That is another unique feature. The headland was earthmoved to build the bridge. Where did the dirt go?
Similar for this topic, I would be interested on a video for all the seismic retrofitting done by MS, TN, MO, and AR for the New Madrid fault. They did bridges across the MS river and countless smaller ones. You may also consider covering the repair job done on the Henando Desoto i40 bridge last year. The incident of finding the major crack was scary, but project to fix it was done incredibly well and incredibly fast. It is a very interesting engineering story your audience would love.
Memphis bridge
Simply fascinating! Thanks so much, B1M, for putting this video together.
Going to San Francisco and US for the first time in few days and this video drops!! So much excited to see this marvellous construction đ€©
Have a great trip
@@psfca Thanks đđœ
Make sure you go to the Marin Headlands (just to the west of the north end of the bridge) for spectacular views of the bridge and the City. You can take a short hike up Slacker Hill there but you donât have to-you can just drive and take in the views.
The B1M rocks. Probably my favorite YT channel. Well produced, informative and entertaining. And the perfect length of time, around 10 minutes.đ
Itâs been really nice following this channel and they completely have the right concepts and amazing videos
Id love to know you better, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and cool person
This bridge is truly a monster. The size of the bridge in person is just mind blowing đđ»đđ»
Yes, it is a lot of money being spent on making it safer and stronger but just think on the economic impact it will cause to the entire state and other states as well!
Though an undercarriage cart collapsed and took part of the safety net
with it the people who died were not in the safety net but on the cart
The safety net which cost something like $250,000 + was credited
for the workers feeling safer and working faster which was in part why the bridge was
built faster they felt so safe the company issued a warning for workers
to quit jumping into the net at the end of their shift
Really enjoyed the wee history lesson here. Would love to see more videos showcasing past structures as well as future projects.
I have as sheet music a popular song with piano accompaniment "The Golden Gate" from the 1910s. Its cover shows the already long-iconic Gate with no bridge yet evident.
I live in San Francisco and commute north to Marin County via the Golden Gate Bridge daily. Love watching these videos on this iconic bridge!
It never gets old cross that bridge
How much do you pay daily just to cross?
Just wondering, but how long does your commute take? And how far is it? I'm trying to imagine what the traffic must be like ... how do you stay sane having to do that every day? đš
Fun to see this video popup as I just crossed the GG on my bike yesterday during a visit to Marin. An amazing structure!
I was stationed on 2 different aircraft carriers in the early 1970's at Naval Air Station Alameda. When we went to sea or returned from cruise we went under that bridge. Outbound you knew all you loved was behind you and inbound feelings of joy was indescribable.
Itâs been really nice following this channel and they completely have the right concepts and amazing videos
Id love to know you better, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and cool person
Amazing project of engineering. As you are aware ponte 25 de abril in Lisbon was built by the same engineers as the one in San Francisco. Exactly for the same purpose. To resist to the impact of a tsunami and a major earthquake
Imagine everyone in a city stays behind a project like the san francisco people AND back it up with their own property as collateral....
What always blows my mind is really understanding the engineering feat in context of the time period made by those involved when bridging an impossible gap.
Itâs a remarkable structure and I never tire of seeing it anytime I visit SFO.
The Bridge is a must see. Walking on it is a thrilling experience. You must also visit Fort Point under the bridge on the San Francisco side. Lots of great old Cannons.
The view from Marin, specifically Fort Baker is way better and no tourists....
@@ckm-mkc Thanks Iâll give it a try
"Federal government providing $400 million... means less money has to come from taxpayers" Where do you think the federal money comes from...
Do you make your engineering analyses the same way you make your financial analyses? Federal money is taxpayer money. Period.
He said "state budgets and taxpayers" you literal dolt.
Meaning they donât have to raise taxes to get funding for it
@@whiteboysixty5 Again, where do you think state budgets come from.
@@Ed-xr9qt where do state budgets come from?
Hello from Sydney Australia.
Always looking forward to the B1M. Spanning that distance, which will carry an enormous load: the iconic Golden gate!!!
Defying gravity is not easy.
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Great video and grand structure. Would you consider cover some bridges nearer 'home'? There are 3 bridges crossing the Firth of Fourth between Edinburgh and Fife in Scotland that are also impressive. The Fourth rail bridge for example is an engineering marvel and the road bridge was the biggest in the world at the time of it's construction.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for covering this topic. We have so much work to do in order to bring the US transportation network into the 21st Century. All too often we are reminded of that need after the damage is done and lives are lost. When the âbig oneâ come this of us living in California will be glad that we spent the time and the funds to ensure regions infrastructure survived.
I'm just wondering where you think the Federal government will get $400m if not from taxes. All it means is that the other 49 states will be chipping in rather than just the State.
Yeah, that was such a strange statement that he made.
Yes, that was a really weird way to couch pushing half the retrofit cost onto the nation's taxpayers. đ
California has a GDP of 4.8 trillion. It never requests federal aid for anything.
â@@strangeluckCalifornia has a GDP of 4.8 trillion they don't need federal aid. They never asked for it. Please come get your family off of our streets. We will give you a one-way ticket home.
This and Brooklyn Bridge have to be the most famous bridges in the world. Also they're stunningly pretty
Loved the origin story part of this bridge as well as how it was presented in the video đ„đ„đ„
An equally impressive yet often overlooked bridge is the George Washington Bridge (GWB) between NJ and NYC! Completed in 1931 and still the busiest motor vehicle bridge in the world with 14 lanes!!
It's not a competition.
And not to forget the Mighty Mac, the Mackinac Bridge, connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. The only one of the world's great bridges that connects two rural areas.
Yes Fred. More like this please. You are easier on the eye than you think đ€Șâ€
Back off! I seen him first!
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Learn to use a microphone
The fact that it was finished within budget is already a marvel of engineering. Something modern engineers and politicians are incapable of replacating.
Great video Fred! I loved meeting you in NYC yesterday
"unless you look to Hollywood"
This sentence is enough to strike fear into your heart, Hollywood is quite a peculiar sight to witness
Having grown up in California Iâve always loved seeing The Golden Gate Bridge in person. In the sunshine itâs beautiful red color with the greens and blues backgrounds in the spring are breathtaking. Like seeing the Sequoia Redwoods with their green needles and the deep blue skies in Sequoia National Park.
(Redacted: And I still remember when I found out that the distance between the bases of the towers isnât the same as the tops - due to the curvature of the earth! Take that flatearthers đ )
So rad that thing can be upgrded the way it has. Quality bulild. The narrator is great too. Animate and clear. Nice video!
I loved this piece that you did here on the Golden Gate as much as I enjoyed the piece on New York's Flatiron building. However the same issue came up on both pieces. The closed captioning was only available for the first few minutes of the segment? I noticed when it came back from the ads, the closed captioning text seized and when you go to look for it on the controls it's no longer there halfway through for some reason?
Built with Union labor! â€
As a member of ATU, I approve of this message !
16:17 "... and they are getting a lick of paint." I do believe they take a year to paint the entire bridge and then start over. Always painting.
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I love watching B1M. So informative and interesting. I love how these structures were made many many years ago.
My favorite GGB fun fact is the towers, although both vertical, are about 2 inches farther apart at the top than the bottom due to the curvature of the Earth.
Meanwhile, in other parts of the broader San Francisco Bay area, there are eight other bridges. Those bridges too are important for the function of that whole region.
They replaced the Eastern span of the Bay Bridge after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. That was the section that had a failure during the earthquake. Part of the upper deck collapsed onto the lower deck.
The Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate are arguably the most important 2. The Dumbarton and San Mateo bridges are close enough to the bottom of the bay to drive around.
The Richmond-San Rafael bridge is probably 3rd in importance.
@@beth7808 Hwy 37 or Richmond / San Rafael? The bridge, please. Even with the useless bike lane on the upper deck taking up space.
Great video but I implore your to reconsider having masterworks as sponsorship. The Plain Bagel did a great video on the problems with this kind of investment, and I stress you don't fall foul of the recent events of FTX and CZcamsrs.
Fun side note, the artist hired to draw the first structurally-accurate sketches of the Golden Gate Bridge was a guy named Chesley Bonestell. He went on to work with rocket scientists to sketch spacecraft and illustrate spaceflight concepts and the lunar surface. If you were around in the 70s or before, you've guaranteed seen his work.
Loved this documentary type episode. Really Amazing â€
Believe it or not......most parts for this bridge were transported by rail.....the Reading Company Railroad had a series of 50 railcars built to handle the odd shapes and sizes of the bridge materials.......also during construction the "Red Lead" coating had to be replaced with another less hazardous material because the workers doing the riveting were getting sick.
It is simply amazing what these men (all of them, and the women who may have been involved) did that far ago... I know there are more than just a few who died during construction, and obviously suicide divers.... IF we could pull this off so long ago... We can certainly make it happen today... Hopefully with no injuries! Thanks for the video!
Throughout 1982 until 1986, the bridge's concrete deck is swapped out, in sections, with a steel orthotropic deck, all without closing down traffic. Not only did it save the bridge from corrosion and concrete spalling, but it reduces the weight of the bridge as well (by 12,300 tons (11,160 metric tons)).
Imagine if they hadn't done that, then the deck would have seen a lot of cracks during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Thank you for the video and clarity of the sponsor segment.
Hey B1M, could you maybe make a video on the recently unveiled world's highest railway bridge better known as Chenab bridge, in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, India?
People in the USA will complain about what gets spent on infrastructure, then not even seem to notice the additional budget allocated to the DOD that went above what they even asked for and could have done the job of repairing all of america's bridges on its own.
The rubber lead dampers were developed in Christchurch New Zealand for our own earthquake problems. OK for horizontal displacement but if you get vertical displacement you can only hope that the structure doesn't collapse and squash somebody!
Iâm from the San Francisco Bay Area and anytime Iâve ever been to San Francisco Iâve always made it a point to walk across this beautiful landmark truly one of the wonders of the world
Bringing up romantic memories of 1998 with my husband Sam taking photos near Goldengate Bridge on our holiday trip to California , USA . đđâ€đ
I could see a yellow and black color scheme actually working. If it was painted a golden yellow with the trim painted black it would give it a gilded age look. The name Golden Gate would be fitting in that scenario
Has to do with the gold rush. Not gold the color.
Maybe, but it would look shite. Red and white would be more visible, anyway. That's why they paint lighthouses in red and white horizontal stripes.
The name is fitting now. âGolden Gateâ is the name of the strait of water below the bridge. The name precedes the bridge by centuries.
No. Just no.
I remember when this sort of program used to be on TV. Love the B1M.
When San Francisco earthquake retrofitted Doyle Drive, the relatively flat 1 mile road leading up to the Golden Gate, it took 1 billion dollars. Thatâs over 100k$ for every foot of flat road. San Francisco has a tendency to not pay contractors until they take the city to court. This leads to overcharging in order to make up the difference in the hassle of getting payment. And back in 2010, San Francisco also required hundreds of millions of dollars of federal government assistance in order to complete the Doyle Drive project.
US 101 runs across the bridge, the Feds can help pay for it. Plus Presidio Parkway is better and easier to drive and will survive a major earthquake more handily than Doyle would have (although it did survive Loma Prieta without damage)
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One of the greatest structures ever built buy humans..
Not only is it a vital piece of road infrastructure, its art deco styling makes it a beautiful piece to look at as well..
A number of years ago I built a fully functioning, 1:160 scale replica of this bridge from more than 25,000 pieces of Lego..
It gets loads of attention and looks of amazement when I take it to exhibitions.. and with a main span of -exactly- 8 metres, people can't quite work out how it supports itself.. :)
I remember watching a documentary a few years ago about a continuous maintenance program where rivets were removed ONE AT A TIME and new ones installed. There could be NO MORE than one rivet taken out at a time so as to not compromise the integrity of the bridge. It also showed the continuous repainting of the bridge structure. I'll have to see if I can find it.
And while I am glad they are upgrading the earthquake resilience of the bridge, I thin that the New Madrid fault zone is going to happen first and the mid west is WOEFULLY UNPREPARED. THAT will be a disaster unseen in history of the United States.
Fabulous vid, B1M......đ
The B1m is the best of you tube
Always love seeing my city being talked about! Thank you @bm1 ! Hopefully you can do more videos on the SF Bay Area đđ
Itâs one of the most beautiful places to live, says this lifelong Marin resident.đ
Excellent commentary and video production đ§âŸïžđ§
I like the sound o ur voice. So subtle, interesting tone of voice, relax. Though u re discussing some of the most complicated topics : engginering
I think B1M is going to get the Golden Bridge Broadcast Award! â€
Love you bro
Ansel Adams took a photograph of the Golden Gate BEFORE the bridge was built. In the 1920s. Striking image!
The south tower was also obstructed by 1850s structure: Fort Point. The small arched span spared its demolition.
The painting never stops BTW.
Amazing video, thanks for sharing Fred.
Thanks!!
@@TheB1M Find a different sponsor. Masterworks is equal to promoting crypto scams.
Brilliant video mate đȘđ
For anyone who has not driven across, I suggest you cross it from north to south to get the effect of seeing it suddenly revealed after driving out of the tunnel. It's kind of like driving on an orange cloud.
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Very enjoyable as usual đ
"Producer: Adam Savage". Is this the same Adam Savage we know and love from Mythbusters?
Seems like his kinda speed
I have original early-1900s sheet music of "The Golden Gate" song, showing the iconic site status prior to bridge building. PS You have a splendid voice and clarity of speech.
Great video! Thank you for such incredible work.
So many reasons to love the GGB! But for commuter and goods traffic, the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge and BART submarine tunnel are 10X more important. Their seismic retrofits and rejuvenation are worthy followup topics.
(The B1M style is much appreciated and greatly superior to Discovery Channel, state PR, local news, etc.)
Bay Bridge, yes, BART (and CalTrain for that matter) not so much.
@@1slotmech The CalTrain is extremely popular. I rode it down to San Jose, everyday for 2 years. Oftentimes, every seat would be occupied. It'd be awesome if they would take all the way down the coast, and replace the current train with a Mag-Lev or something equivalent. The Amtrak from Oakland to Sac Town is pretty busy too. And they serve booze, which is cool.
Living in San Francisco itâs still baffles me that this bridge was ever built. I guess they had big plans for the other side of the crossing but the big problem with this thing is that thereâs no highways whatsoever in the city so all traffic is forced onto arterial streets which makes the city traffic a hot mess every single day, not to mention, thereâs absolutely nothing, except Sausalito on the other side of the bridge a few little towns. I guess the dream is that it wouldâve turned into another large city all around the bay, but the preservationist stepped in, and now almost all of the area is preserved.
Muir Woods, Mt. Tamalpais, Point Reyes, oysters and beef from Point Reyes, lumber from the north. There were reasons to cross the golden gate for commerce and leisure and enough people did that the ferries weren't enough. Inside SF traffic wasn't as bad back then.
Interesting observations. I saw a youtube documentary once about the period when the massive freeway system was being planned and developed in America, and there was a lot of debate and argument about what should happen in San Francisco. If memory serves me correctly, the architects of the freeway system wanted to put freeways right through SF, including one through the much loved Menlo Park (have I got that name right?) in addition to one skirting around the north east edge of the peninsula. The proposed freeway through Menlo Park received such hostility and opposition from local entities, both residents and local government (i think) that it never got built. I believe many people appreciated that at the time, thinking of it as destructive and unnecessary to the area. Do people still feel the same way, now that traffic levels have increased so much?
Edit: I've looked on the map, and the area I was thinking about is 'Presidio', which is adjacent to the bridge. Sorry.
@@richardconway6425 Oh hell no! I for one am glad the Park Service got it after the Army left. And I live over in the East Bay.
Excellent video. Be interested in similar ones for say - Tappan Zee, old and new, or the GW.
It's pretty cool that there is this much footage from nearly 100 years ago. Also amazing what they were able to do back then.
Can't say enough about this channel. Just amazing content.
When the Sydney Harbour Bridge was completed, they load tested it by putting rows of locomotives end to end on both sides of the bridge (the Sydney Harbour Bridge had dual rail lines on both sides when it was completed). It's very doubtful that any of Mother Nature's seismic activities could mess with it.
I wouldn't go that far. It may be very strong but its not indestructible.
Actually given Australia is generally seismically inactive if there were to be any activity it'd probably be boned. Look at what happened to Newcastle. From memory that was about a magnitude 4 and many buildings were damaged. It's almost not even reported in active areas.
I remember running into the only wave that came up on the beach that day. It was the result of the quake. I was a hundred km away from it. Was a flat wall of water about a meter high. Looked totally different to any kind of ocean wave. That day there had been nothing bigger than my ankle.
Earthquakes are a truly massive amount of energy.
Bruh ... You have no idea how earthquakes work lol... Not that we would ever get anything strong enough to destroy it anyways. If there was a fault line like sanfransisco in Sydney the harbour bridge would have already been destroyed.
This is a ship that cannot sink - Crew of Titanic.
The planet will slap you upside the head when you least expect it. *shrug*
Entering San Francisco from the North is such a dramatic moment as you emerge from the Robin Williams Tunnel and are presented with that visual feast(while navigating tight lanes at 65mph) on descending curves to the bridge.
Many don't know that it was the northern counties of Marin and Sonoma which hired the engineering firm and primarily funded the bridge construction costs in order to boost the largely agricultural economies North of The Gate.
Of course the new bridges killed the many ferries which operated and which my parents and grandparents rode, and only a few were still around in the 1960's, like the one I remember in Sausalito as a kid, full of incense and head shops, psychedelia.
I don't know if any were saved or not?
I lived in Sausalito and biked over the GG daily. It's a lot narrower than you might think but it is truly iconic more than any other man-made edifice on earth
So glad we spent 1 billion dollars on "infrastructure" and that Petey B is leading the charge. A man with decades of experience and a background in engineering. Everything will be fine. It's not like trains are derailing or roads are crumbling...
On god, that yellow and black paint would have ruined the bridge.
I have always been fascinated by both the GG Bridge and the Bay Bridge. The GG bridge gets the most coverage, but the Bay Bridge is MUCH bigger.
I was living in the Bay area on the GG Bridge anniversary in 1987. i didn't go on the bridge, but I saw it across the bay from the East bay where I lived. It was indeed FLAT (I wish I had snapped a photo), and I remember being quite concerned that it would collapse under the immense weight of the crowd. Thankfully it didn't, which shows the excellent engineering involved in its construction!
I was also living in the area in 1989 when the big Loma Prieta earthquake hit and collapsed one section on the cantilever side of the Bay Bridge. My best friend was riding his motorcycle about a mile south of the I-880 collapse, heading north right to it when it happened. That was an awful day, but at least he wasn't killed in the collapse.
I'm from San Pablo and spent 20 years or so on high rises in the city. It scares the heck out of me these guys aren't tied off. Braver than me