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Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (born 1870)

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Joseph Strauss (engineer)

American structural engineer (1870–1938)

Joseph Baermann Strauss was a German-American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
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Golden Gate Bridge

Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in California, United States. The structure links San Francisco—the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula—to Marin…
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