Oakland Bay Bridge = Modern Civil Engineering Wonder?
Have you ever walked past the corner of 5th and Bryant? Or more likely, driven past as you dreamed of a traffic jam-free Oakland Bay Bridge? Did ya ever notice that little park, the one with several short monuments in it?
Since you haven’t, and I have, let me show you what it says to the right here ->
Yep, that says the Oakland Bay Bridge was one of the Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders of the United States in 1955. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. That bridge I heard cursed so many times while in San Fran.
Makes ya wonder, I bet, what are the other six. Me too, and oddly Google was no help.
Might you know?
The issue is that they change over time. The American Society of Civil Engineers has a ton of info and timelines on what they classify as wonders. This is their current list of the 7 wonders of the modern world and you’ll notice the Oakland Bridge is not on this list.
The other six wonders from 1955:
Hoover Dam
Empire State Building
Colorado River Aqueduct
Grand Coulee Dam
Panama Canal
Chicago Sewage Disposal System
Hey Pete, where did you dig up that info? I was having a hell of a time finding it!