Skip to Main Content
The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Golden Gate Bridge from the view of the welcome center. 86 years since its opening and people continue to use and visit this bridge. (Isabella Minnis/Xpress Magazine)

Golden Gate’s Golden Years

Isabella Minnis, Staff Reporter
November 1, 2023

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge officially opened to the public on May 27, 1937. After more than four years of construction, more than 200,000 people paid only 25 cents to walk the bridge on opening...

Safety Nets on the Golden Gate

Safety Nets on the Golden Gate

by Diani Ellis
March 24, 2020

Since its opening day in 1937, the bridge has had on average about 30 people each year take their lives by climbing over the edge and leaping off. Recently, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has decided...

Golden Gate Bridge officials urge for bridge toll

Katie Mullen
November 10, 2014

The Golden Gate Bridge: a San Francisco icon, a world traveler’s destination, and most importantly, a means of getting from one side of the bay to the other. It seems that people may have forgotten that...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University
Golden Gate Bridge