The Golden Gate Bridge- located here in beautiful California and opened in 1937, this bridge sees a lot of cars. And when I say a lot, I mean over 100,000 vehicles PER DAY:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13787013@N00/10974372985
But the REAL question arose from always awesome Steemian: @ironshield
@goldmatters just did a post on the Golden Bridge in Vietnam and that's painted gold. So why not the GOLDEN Gate Bridge?
@goldmatters/golden-bridge-mene
Even @goldmatters doesn't understand:
After 0 peer pressure and volunteering to do a post on this...
I immediately started my research. The Golden Gate Bridge appears to be painted a red-orange color, but the technical term for its color is "International Orange." Which in swatch form looks something like this:
https://varietypaints.com.au/products/r11-international-orange-aus-std-custom-spray-paint
According to the architect who chose this color, International Orange "blends well with the span's natural setting as it is a warm color consistent with the warm colors of the land masses in the setting as distinct from the cool colors of the sky and sea." I mean, I guess that does look kind of nice...
This color also makes it easier for passing ships to see. In fact, the U.S. Navy wanted to change it to this to make it even EASIER to see:
https://gizmodo.com/the-golden-gate-bridge-almost-ended-up-with-a-bumble-be-1702822993
I think that's pretty cool because then half of it would be covered in gold! The Golden Gate Bridge also isn't painted gold because it's a reference to the Golden Gate Strait- not the actual precious metal:
Army Captain John Fremont named it "Chrysopylae" around 1846, which is the Greek word for "Golden Gate." It's generally thought that the name stems from a harbor in Istanbul named "Chrysoceras' (meaning Golden Horn)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chrysoceras?src=hash
So was the Golden Gate Bridge directly named after gold?
No.
Was it named after something with the word "golden" in it?
YES!!!
Therefore, it should 100% without a doubt look like this :)
Information sourced from http://goldengate.org/