ISan Francisco Bridge iyikhadi leposi ledolobha elithatha wonke umuntu alibhekise ekhaya lapho ehlala eWest Coast njengoba kuyindawo yezivakashi evakashelwa ngabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10 ngonyaka.
Le feat yobunjiniyela exhumanisa iMari County eCalifornia neSan Francisco isibe yisithonjana ngenxa yendawo esikuyo nombala wayo ohlukile. Ebusuku, emini futhi cishe njalo kunenkungu, inqwaba yabenzi bamafilimu, ababhali nabaqambi bayo bazakhele inganekwane ezungeze leli bhuloho selokhu lakhiwa eSan Francisco Bay.
Yibhuloho lokumiswa eliwela iGolden Gate Strait, isiteshi esicishe sibe ngamakhilomitha amathathu ubude esixhumanisa itheku ledolobha nePacific Ocean. Ngaphambi kokwakhiwa kwaso kwakusetshenziswa isikebhe esijwayelekile kodwa kusobala ukuthi isidingo sebhuloho besibalulekile. ICrisis ka-29 ibambezele ukwakhiwa kodwa ekugcineni yaqala ngo-1933 yaphela ngo-1937.
Namuhla ungahamba izintaba noma uhambe kalula noma ugibele ibhayisikili noma uthathe uhambo. Inesikhungo sayo sezivakashi esinolwazi lomlando nokuthengiswa kwesikhumbuzo. Leli hhovisi livulwa ngo-9 ekuseni kuya ku-6 ntambama futhi kuvame ukuba nemibukiso exhumanayo ngaphandle. Kabili ngesonto kukhona ukuvakasha okuqondiswa mahhala, ngoLwesine nangeSonto.
Yini mayelana neGolden Gate Bridge elenza lihluke?
- Ibizwa ngegama lesikhala esakhelwe kuso. Kepha kungani iGolden Gate? Yabhabhadiswa ngale ndlela nguKaputeni John C. Fremont cishe ngonyaka we-1846 selokhu yamkhumbuza ngetheku lase-Istanbul elibizwa ngeChrysoceras noma iGolden Horn.
- Umklamo wayo obabazekayo ngumsebenzi wabakhi bezakhiwo ezimbalwa, u-Irving noGertrude Morrow, abenza lula izitimela zabahamba ngezinyawo, bebahlukanisa ngendlela engaphazamisi umbono.
- Ukwakhiwa kwalo kwaqhubeka nje iminyaka engaphezu kwemine selokhu kwaqala ngoJanuwari 5, 1933 futhi ibhuloho lavulelwa ithrafikhi yezimoto ngoMeyi 28, 1937.
- Inobude obulinganiselwa kumamitha ayi-1.280 engxenyeni yayo elengayo phezu kwamanzi, imiswe ngemibhoshongo emibili yamamitha angama-227 ukuphakama, ngamunye unama-rivets acishe abe yizinkulungwane ezingama-600.
- Imimoya namagagasi lapho kubekwe khona indawo yayo kwenza izintambo zensimbi ezisetshenziselwa ukwakhiwa kwazo zibe nobude obedlulele, ezanele ukuzungeza umhlaba kathathu. Ukungabaza konjiniyela nezazi zemvelo ngaleso sikhathi kwanquma ukuthi lezi zingcingo zazinamandla aphindwe kahlanu kunesidingo.
- Lapho kukhethwa i-orange, i-orange yakhethwa ngoba ihlangana kahle nemvelo yemvelo, ngoba ingumbala ofudumele ngokuhambisana nemibala yendawo, ngokungafani nemibala ebandayo yesibhakabhaka nolwandle. Iphinde inikeze ukubonakala okungcono kwemikhumbi ehambayo.
- Ukubukeka kwayo kudinga umzamo omkhulu: umdwebo wakho kufanele uphinde utholwe nsuku zonke. Okuqukethwe kasawoti komoya kudla izingxenye zensimbi ezenzayo.
- Inemizila eyisithupha, emithathu ohlangothini ngalunye, neminye ekhethekile yabahamba ngezinyawo namabhayisikili. Abahamba ngezinyawo nabahamba ngamabhayisikili bangawela emigwaqeni emigwaqeni emini. Ngezinsuku zamasonto, abahamba ngezinyawo nabahamba ngamabhayisikili babelana ngomgwaqo ongasempumalanga, kepha ngezimpelasonto, abagibeli bamabhayisikili basebenzisa umgwaqo ohamba ngasentshonalanga.
- Kusukela yakhiwa, iye yakwazi ukumelana nokuzamazama komhlaba okuhlukahlukene, njengokuzamazama komhlaba okudumile kwaseSan Francisco ngo-1989. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iye yavala kathathu kuphela ngenxa yomoya onamandla.