On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to the public for the first time for an event called “Pedestrian Day.” This began a weeklong “Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta” held to celebrate its completion of the bridge that connects the City of San Francisco with Marin County to the north. More than 200,000 people paid 25 cents each to walk the bridge on this day. The next day at noon, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key from the White House authorizing the Golden Gate Bridge officially open for vehicular use. Designed by Joseph Baermann Strauss, construction began for the 1.7 mile bridge in January 1933. The Golden Gate Bridge remains one of the most iconic and recognizable bridges in the world. Photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge looking north on opening day from the California History Section Picture Catalog, courtesy of the California State Library. #ThisDayInHistory #OnThisDay #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #SacHistoryMuseum