On the Golden Gate Bridge's 87th birthday, look back at the construction of the bridge

On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day).

On Jan. 5, 1933, construction began on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge before it became what was then the world's longest suspension bridge, and what was yet to become one of the wonders of the modern world by the American Society of Civil Engineers. On May 27, 1937, a bridge-opening celebration began, lasting for a week.