-- The 4,200-foot suspension span was the longest in the world until New York 's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964 . San Francisco 's Golden Gate Bridge opened in May 1937 . The bridge was the first to be designed and built by a team of engineers from around the world, including famed German architect Albert Speer who had been commissioned by Adolf Hitler to design bridges for Germany during Daylong festival celebrating the bridge is set for Sunday .
San Francisco 's Golden Gate Bridge opened in May 1937 . The bridge was the first to be designed and built by a team of engineers from around the world, including famed German architect Albert Speer who had been commissioned by Adolf Hitler to design bridges for Germany during Daylong festival celebrating the bridge is set for Sunday .