Golden Gate Bridge Strauss. The name became official with the passage of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District Act by the state legislature in 1923, creating a special district to design, build and finance the bridge. San Francisco and most of the counties along the North Coast of California joined the Golden Gate Bridge District, with the exception being Humboldt County, whose residents opposed the bridge's construction and the traffic it would generate. Strauss was chief engineer in charge of overall design and construction of the bridge project. However, because he had little understanding or experience with cable-suspension designs, responsibility for much
Sky Gate Bridge R Sky Gate Bridge R , serving the Kansai International Airport of Osaka, Japan, is the longest double-decked truss bridge in the world. It carries six lanes of automobile traffic on top and two of rail below, over nine truss spans. It links the mainland to the artificial island on which the airport is built. The Sky Gate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that measures 3,750 meters long, 29.5 meters wide (6 lanes), and 25 meters at its highest point in the center. The bridge commenced construction in June 1987, and was completed in March 1994. The bridge was damaged