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Close Up Underneath, The Golden Gate Bridge

A Mass Of X Shapes
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Looking up into the the bridge from Fort Point revealed a mass of X shaped braces used to gave the bridge rigidity.

Close Up Underneath   •  The Golden Gate Bridge external link   •  Fort Point, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 15:03:48 Saturday August 2008)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 10 August 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCX_1987
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Even I-Beams Had X Braces
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Even the individual I-beams used to create the giant X-shapes had interior bracing made up of many small X-shapes.

Close Up Underneath   •  The Golden Gate Bridge external link   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 15:03:54 Saturday August 2008)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 10 August 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCX_1988
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Cross Braced With Foot Behind
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Cross bracing at the shore end with the southern foot visible in the background.

Close Up Underneath   •  The Golden Gate Bridge external link   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 15:05:26 Saturday August 2008)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 10 August 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCX_1993
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Bracing At Shore End
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Bracing at the San Francisco shore end of the bridge with the Pacific Coast behind.

Close Up Underneath   •  The Golden Gate Bridge external link   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken 15:05:36 Saturday August 2008)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 10 August 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCX_1994
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Litter Under Bridge
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Construction items littered the ground underneath the bridge at the San Francisco end.

Close Up Underneath   •  The Golden Gate Bridge external link   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo taken in 2006)   •  (Photo posted Thursday 27 December 2006)   •  © 2006 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #2006_08
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