Is The Golden Gate Bridge a wonder of the world?

Once called “the bridge that couldn't be built,” today the Golden Gate Bridge is one the seven wonders of the modern world. This magnificent span, perhaps San Francisco's most famous landmark, opened in 1937 after a four-year struggle against relentless winds, fog, rock and treacherous tides.



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The Golden Gate Bridge was voted one of the seven engineering wonders of the 20th Century, by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1994.

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1. Golden Gate Bridge: San Francisco, United States. A-list celebrity in the bridge world. Now over 75 years old, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is arguably the most recognizable bridge in the world.

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NATURAL BRIDGE – NATURAL BRIDGE The Virginia Natural Bridge has been included in several “Seven Natural Wonders of the World” lists. Although mostly on the lists from the 19th and early 20th centuries, its natural wonders still remain today.

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The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is a special-purpose district that owns and operates three regional transportation assets in the San Francisco Bay Area: the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the Golden Gate Ferry system and the Golden Gate Transit system.

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5 Fun Facts About the Golden Gate Bridge
  • The bridge is actually not golden at all! It's a bright red-orange.
  • It was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
  • It took four years to build.
  • There are approximately 600,000 rivets in each of the bridge's towers.
  • It's the most photographed bridge in the world.


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Of the original Seven Wonders of the World, only one—the Great Pyramids of Giza—still exists. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Temple of Artemis, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus have all faded to dust and memory.

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The original seven wonders, also referred to as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were:
  • The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt;
  • The Hanging Gardens of Babylon;
  • The Statue of Zeus at Olympia;
  • The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus;
  • The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus;
  • The Colossus of Rhodes;
  • The Lighthouse of Alexandria.


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The Panama Canal is designated as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World and a Monument of the Millennium by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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Spanning more than 900 feet, it was the longest inhabited bridge in Europe and was considered a wonder of the world. De Jongh's masterpiece provides a unique record of both this remarkable structure and the vernacular architecture of the city that would be engulfed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London.

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