Golden Gate Bridge, suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate in California to link San Francisco with Marin county to the north. That was when sea level was over 100 meters lower than today. The dream of connecting San Francisco to its northern. Yet the question “How was the Golden Gate Bridge built?” leads back to a time when many believed such a span simply could not be done. The dream persisted, however, as ferries. Design of the bridge itself was done by three engineers - Irving Morrow designed the bridge itself to fit in Art Deco style, senior engineer Charles Alton Ellis provided his expertise and designer Leon Moisseiff created final design of graceful cable suspension. Construction of bridge started on.