The $1BN Race to Save The Golden Gate Bridge

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@TheB1M Рік тому

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@tomkrasinski938 Рік тому

@darkless60 Рік тому

please just stop taking their money

@MichalCanecky Рік тому

Scammer

@freetolook3727 Рік тому

Stop the clicking noises. They're very annoying!

@AMindOfMyOwn87 Рік тому

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.

@jwdkamran Рік тому

within budget and on time.... words you never hear anymore

@deceivingleek2 Рік тому

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".

@CynicalDriver Рік тому

Early even.

@thomasfholland Рік тому

@@deceivingleek2 Just like here in Sweden

@ChaosDeary Рік тому

And only 11 people had to die

@Knight_Kin Рік тому

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.

@GLJosh Рік тому

As much as the bridge is an incredible engineering feat, coming in ahead of schedule and under budget is a VASTLY more impressive feat.

@gubocci Рік тому

So original

@GLJosh Рік тому

@@gubocci Thanks!

@MarloSoBalJr Рік тому

Having no worker unions at the time would help ya

@BenjaminCronce Рік тому

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.

@rickarmstrong4704 Рік тому

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 !

@J3scribe Рік тому

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.

@skeetrix5577 Рік тому

too bad the city has gone to complete shit

@CorkHorde Рік тому

If you have the opportunity, hike up to SlackersHill / SCA trail - you'll get to see the bridge from above. 🙂

@DeanStephen Рік тому

Great works of engineering are rarely also great works of art. My favorite exceptions are the St. Louis Arch and the Golden Gate Bridge.

@AnalisisPsiquiatrico Рік тому

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! 😜

@rossmeldrum3346 Рік тому

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.

@rimasrr1 Рік тому

Buff architecture guy creates another masterpiece video.

@MihkelKukk Рік тому

Based

@GeekyMedia Рік тому

Hahahaha

@ActualDav Рік тому

💪🏼💪🏼

@davidmedlin8562 Рік тому

He is a beautiful man!

@mezzaninebrown Рік тому

Link to his OF?

@benwillvv Рік тому

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.

@kimberlyperrotis8962 Рік тому

Me, too, my whole career. How I loved seeing the fog drifting in across the bridge on my way home every afternoon!🙂

@markwalker3499 8 місяців тому

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.

@DeanStephen Рік тому

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 wasn’t and sure enough they hadn’t. It was the most weight the bridge had ever supported.

@dwc1964 Рік тому

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_

@elmagodelmaryahoo Рік тому

But it WAS "supported" and didn't collapse, Dean....!!! 👌 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....!!!! 😮 While engineers are well on their way to even stronger restructuring as we speak, the Classic MSM "fear mongering" IS *The New Normal.* 👎

@HyperBiker Рік тому

How much does 800,000 people weigh?

@Nilguiri Рік тому

@@HyperBiker About 60,000 tonnes. Although this was in the US, so you can probably double it.

@sunspot42 Рік тому

@@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.

@8avexp Рік тому

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.

@ThunderSims Рік тому

Do you have the picture by chance?

@strnglhld 11 місяців тому

VERY cool 😊

@KitOkunaru 8 місяців тому

Should digitize it and post online for history keeping.

@Davidlhstennis Рік тому

Omg! I’m from the town (Bethlehem) in Pennsylvania that made the steel for this bridge. I’m 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.

@michaelrmurphy2734 Рік тому

Prefabricated sections or the raw structural steel itself? That it might have been half built in the East. WOW!

@Davidlhstennis Рік тому

@@michaelrmurphy2734 I couldn’t tell you for sure.

@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO 11 місяців тому

@@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).

@ronswansonsdog2833 11 місяців тому

I mean, isn’t your town famous for being … Bethlehem Steel? It’s kind of well known to most people.

@Davidlhstennis 11 місяців тому

@@ronswansonsdog2833 it is but I was born in 1994. One year before the steel closed. I didn’t even grow up with it so I didn’t think it was that well known across those nation or globe anymore.

@kimberlyperrotis8962 Рік тому

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.

@photonjones5908 11 місяців тому

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.

@JustRaiHere_2023 Рік тому

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!

@sierrapeaks Рік тому

I never thought a “boring” 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 that’s where the bulk of the infrastructure spending goes.

@shane-porter Рік тому

Another fantastic video. I don’t tend to comment other than to say ‘great job, and keep ‘em coming’. Thank you.

@zainzain8679 Рік тому

So you do tend to comment 😂

@strnglhld 11 місяців тому

@@zainzain8679 he was feeling chatty that day😅

@Supt3100 Рік тому

Simply fascinating! Thanks so much, B1M, for putting this video together.

@aidandawn2717 Рік тому

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

@jakemoeller7850 Рік тому

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.

@kimberlyperrotis8962 Рік тому

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.🙂

@christysellers9088 Рік тому

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen by the B1M. Great history, graphics and fascinating present-day earthquake prevention plans. Thanks so much for making this!

@BeirneHenry Рік тому

Really enjoyed the wee history lesson here. Would love to see more videos showcasing past structures as well as future projects.

@opalyankaBG Рік тому

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.

@JeffDeWitt Рік тому

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.

@lucasread1743 Місяць тому

@@JeffDeWittI did it too a while back and I agree, it’s AMAZING!

@philrabe910 Рік тому

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!

@michaelrmurphy2734 Рік тому

That is another unique feature. The headland was earthmoved to build the bridge. Where did the dirt go?

@billfrancis7852 Рік тому

The B1M rocks. Probably my favorite YT channel. Well produced, informative and entertaining. And the perfect length of time, around 10 minutes.👍

@tracyannbanks123_12 Рік тому

It’s been really nice following this channel and they completely have the right concepts and amazing videos

@tracyannbanks123_12 Рік тому

Id love to know you better, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and cool person

@hgbugalou Рік тому

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.

@scmarine843 11 місяців тому

Memphis bridge

@SirChickon Рік тому

Imagine everyone in a city stays behind a project like the san francisco people AND back it up with their own property as collateral....

@andrewmctigue4765 Рік тому

Great video Fred! I loved meeting you in NYC yesterday

@omkarkulkarni9020 Рік тому

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 🤩

@psfca Рік тому

Have a great trip

@omkarkulkarni9020 Рік тому

@@psfca Thanks 🙏🏽

@jeff__w Рік тому

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 don’t have to-you can just drive and take in the views.

@arnepianocanada Рік тому

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.

@figlexgonzalez3115 Рік тому

This bridge is truly a monster. The size of the bridge in person is just mind blowing 👌🏻👌🏻 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!

@bryanllewis Рік тому

Fun to see this video popup as I just crossed the GG on my bike yesterday during a visit to Marin. An amazing structure!

@ralmslb Рік тому

Thank you for the video and clarity of the sponsor segment.

@patthecat6491 Рік тому

Built with Union labor! ❤

@farmerdave7965 8 місяців тому

As a member of ATU, I approve of this message !

@tjr4459 Рік тому

It’s a remarkable structure and I never tire of seeing it anytime I visit SFO.

@TheLemon333 Рік тому

So rad that thing can be upgrded the way it has. Quality bulild. The narrator is great too. Animate and clear. Nice video!

@damonmcleod5734 Рік тому

Loved the origin story part of this bridge as well as how it was presented in the video 🔥🔥🔥

@josephf5036 Рік тому

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

@ssmit129 Рік тому

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!

@Eric_In_SF Рік тому

It never gets old cross that bridge

@runswithraptors Рік тому

How much do you pay daily just to cross?

@richardconway6425 Рік тому

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? 😨

@mhughes1160 11 місяців тому

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

@kirandeepchakraborty7921 Рік тому

Loved this documentary type episode. Really Amazing ❤

@marshaldillon4387 Рік тому

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.

@ckm-mkc Рік тому

The view from Marin, specifically Fort Baker is way better and no tourists....

@marshaldillon4387 Рік тому

@@ckm-mkc Thanks I’ll give it a try

@McShagger1872 Рік тому

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.

@elmagodelmaryahoo Рік тому

Fabulous vid, B1M......👍

@jamesdoyle5405 Рік тому

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.

@tracyannbanks123_12 Рік тому

It’s been really nice following this channel and they completely have the right concepts and amazing videos

@tracyannbanks123_12 Рік тому

Id love to know you better, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and cool person

@word42069 Рік тому

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!!

@nixonhoover2 Рік тому

It's not a competition.

@JeffDeWitt Рік тому

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.

@HeisenbergFam Рік тому

"unless you look to Hollywood" This sentence is enough to strike fear into your heart, Hollywood is quite a peculiar sight to witness

@darensavy5014 Рік тому

Brilliant video mate 💪🙏

@johnfitzpatrick2469 Рік тому

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. ⛩️

@REdgar66 Рік тому

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 “big one” come this of us living in California will be glad that we spent the time and the funds to ensure regions infrastructure survived.

@SalihSabir Рік тому

Yes Fred. More like this please. You are easier on the eye than you think 🤪❤

@adamkendall997 Рік тому

Back off! I seen him first!

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Рік тому

❤

@DeviantDork Рік тому

Learn to use a microphone

@retrospct Рік тому

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.

@starcrib Рік тому

Excellent commentary and video production 🟧♾️🟧

@PazzoLucas Рік тому

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 UKpostsrs.

@TheRangerBob Рік тому

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.

@beth7808 Рік тому

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.

@1slotmech Рік тому

@@beth7808 Hwy 37 or Richmond / San Rafael? The bridge, please. Even with the useless bike lane on the upper deck taking up space.

@DJJezzebella Рік тому

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?

@piusx8317 Рік тому

This and Brooklyn Bridge have to be the most famous bridges in the world. Also they're stunningly pretty

@donc-m4900 Рік тому

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.

@PeacefulPariah Рік тому

correct

@lucashipkins Рік тому

Amazing video, thanks for sharing Fred.

@TheB1M Рік тому

Thanks!!

@beaumershon3066 Рік тому

@@TheB1M Find a different sponsor. Masterworks is equal to promoting crypto scams.

@ALLOFTHEBOOST 8 місяців тому

I love watching B1M. So informative and interesting. I love how these structures were made many many years ago.

@Creamypie626 8 місяців тому

The fact that it was finished within budget is already a marvel of engineering. Something modern engineers and politicians are incapable of replacating.

@laeihbvaljefhbvalejfhbv Рік тому

Always love seeing my city being talked about! Thank you @bm1 ! Hopefully you can do more videos on the SF Bay Area 🙂💜

@kimberlyperrotis8962 Рік тому

It’s one of the most beautiful places to live, says this lifelong Marin resident.🙂

@thomasfholland Рік тому

Having grown up in California I’ve always loved seeing The Golden Gate Bridge in person. In the sunshine it’s 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 isn’t the same as the tops - due to the curvature of the earth! Take that flatearthers 😂 )

@Ajmc2014 Рік тому

I remember when this sort of program used to be on TV. Love the B1M.

@boti_depok Рік тому

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

@bibekdas5595 Рік тому

Love you bro

@rdgk1se3019 Рік тому

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.

@IAlwaysWantedToTryThat Рік тому

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.

@mikiqex Рік тому

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.

@bibekdas5595 Рік тому

The B1m is the best of you tube

@bibekdas5595 Рік тому

The B1m is the my favourite you tube channel

@sergiosaunier Рік тому

Fred's sponsor plugs are getting ever more seamless. Great video as usual, by the way.

@theAverageJoe25 Рік тому

I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area and anytime I’ve ever been to San Francisco I’ve always made it a point to walk across this beautiful landmark truly one of the wonders of the world

@goutamighosh-basu8543 Рік тому

Bringing up romantic memories of 1998 with my husband Sam taking photos near Goldengate Bridge on our holiday trip to California , USA . 😂😁❤😂

@frisk151 Рік тому

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!

@Stop4MotionMakr Рік тому

"On budget and ahead of time" is the real miracle 😂

@michaelrmurphy2734 Рік тому

Ansel Adams took a photograph of the Golden Gate BEFORE the bridge was built. In the 1920s. Striking image!

@lowend5566 Рік тому

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.

@bennordstrom Рік тому

Yeah, that was such a strange statement that he made.

@strangeluck Рік тому

Yes, that was a really weird way to couch pushing half the retrofit cost onto the nation's taxpayers. 🙄

@MalteseKat 5 днів тому

California has a GDP of 4.8 trillion. It never requests federal aid for anything.

@MalteseKat 5 днів тому

@@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.

@dgianstefani5694 Рік тому

"Federal government providing $400 million... means less money has to come from taxpayers" Where do you think the federal money comes from...

@WillFastie Рік тому

Do you make your engineering analyses the same way you make your financial analyses? Federal money is taxpayer money. Period.

@Ed-xr9qt Рік тому

He said "state budgets and taxpayers" you literal dolt.

@whiteboysixty5 Рік тому

Meaning they don’t have to raise taxes to get funding for it

@dgianstefani5694 Рік тому

@@whiteboysixty5 Again, where do you think state budgets come from.

@thenightcorereaper Рік тому

@@Ed-xr9qt where do state budgets come from?

@ASMRARTHOR Рік тому

When San Francisco earthquake retrofitted Doyle Drive, the relatively flat 1 mile road leading up to the Golden Gate, it took 1 billion dollars. That’s 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.

@1slotmech Рік тому

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)

@MatthewWrighty Рік тому

Excellent video. Be interested in similar ones for say - Tappan Zee, old and new, or the GW.

@GazMoby Рік тому

Very enjoyable as usual 👍

@darinbauer8122 Рік тому

I think B1M is going to get the Golden Bridge Broadcast Award! ❤

@rossmeldrum3346 Рік тому

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.

@NoName-zn1sb 8 місяців тому

@peterferan4389 8 місяців тому

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!

@krishnakant6545 Рік тому

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?

@MercOne Рік тому

Can't say enough about this channel. Just amazing content.

@AbuPaul 8 місяців тому

Great video! Thank you for such incredible work.

@dustblowingman 5 місяців тому

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.

@scittw22 Рік тому

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

@gomahklawm4446 Рік тому

Has to do with the gold rush. Not gold the color.

@Nilguiri Рік тому

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.

@DeanStephen Рік тому

The name is fitting now. “Golden Gate” is the name of the strait of water below the bridge. The name precedes the bridge by centuries.

@1slotmech Рік тому

No. Just no.

@arnepianocanada 11 місяців тому

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.

@kencarp57 8 місяців тому

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.

@genelomas332 Рік тому

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.. :)

@rogerdale5451 Рік тому

The south tower was also obstructed by 1850s structure: Fort Point. The small arched span spared its demolition. The painting never stops BTW.

@ROBLOXGamingDavid 3 місяці тому

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.

@DM-yj9qf Рік тому

Gather 'round children: it's storytime with Fred.

@steelfabric Рік тому

"Producer: Adam Savage". Is this the same Adam Savage we know and love from Mythbusters?

@zyeborm Рік тому

Seems like his kinda speed

@geargeekpdx3566 11 місяців тому

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

@jsytac 8 місяців тому

Interesting bit I’d have liked more technical detail on the upgrades; how they work, how they are fitted, etc.

@henrypotter3024 Рік тому

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.

@timgerk3262 Рік тому

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.)

@1slotmech Рік тому

Bay Bridge, yes, BART (and CalTrain for that matter) not so much.

@PeacefulPariah Рік тому

@@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.