Golden Gate Bridge

 The Golden Gate Bridge had, at the time of its creation, the longest span of any suspension bridge in the world. With estimates at over 100 million dollars a bridge was deemed unfeasible in this location for many years before one daring engineer promised it could be done for 17 million. One of the engineers of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (a bridge infamous for its collapse) worked on the project – fortunately he did a better job with the Golden Gate. In the end, the construction came in just barely under budget and only 11 workers died during the creation of this massive and innovative bridge. As with the Eiffel Tower and Paris, the Golden Gate Bridge was widely considered ugly at the time but is now a universal symbol of San Francisco.