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Photos: Happy 83rd birthday, Golden Gate Bridge!

Workers install the first section of a huge safety net, at a cost of $98,000, that will extend from shore to shore beneath the Golden Gate Bridge span during construction of the bridge in San Francisco, Ca., Sept. 2, 1935. (AP Photo)

The Golden Gate bridge, in the San Francisco Bay, during its construction in October 1935. Construction began on 05 January 1933 and the bridge was inaugurated 27 May 1937 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who pushed a button in Washington, DC, signaling the official start of vehicle traffic over the Bridge. Idea of the engineer Joseph Strauss, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world. (OFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Workers complete the catwalks on Oct. 25, 1935 for the Golden Gate Bridge, prior to spinning the bridge cables during construction in San Francisco. The bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world's longest suspension span and had been built across a strait that critics said was too treacherous to be bridged. As the iconic span approaches its 75th anniversary, the engineers who have overseen it all these years say keeping it up and open has been a feat unto itself.(AP Photo)

Thousands hike across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA. on May 27. 1937, as it was opened to pedestrians for a preview before opening to vehicles.(AP Photo)

The view from Mt. Tamalpais, looking south along Waldo Grade, shows Sausalito at left center and San Francisco jutting into the bay in the background, July 19, 1966. The Golden Gate Bridge is barely visible at top left. (AP Photo/Ernest Bennett)

A waterfall of sparks showers down from the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge as fireworks explode behind the north tower during finale of the 50th anniversary celebration of the bridge in San Francisco, Ca., Sunday, May 24, 1987. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

A crowd estimated at several hundred thousand jams the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 24, 1987 during a walk to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the bridge. (AP Photo/Doug Atkins)

Lightning bolts dance across the San Francisco skyline early Wednesday morning as a storm moves through the California city on Sept. 19, 1984. The Golden Gate Bridge can be seen in foreground. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

The Golden Gate Bridge stands against clouds seen from Fort Point in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. The Golden Gate Bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic starting at 12:01am on Saturday, January 10 and will reopen at 4:00 am on Monday, January 12. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Fog rolls through the Golden Gate Bridge during the Thursday evening commute, seen from Vista Point in Sausalito, Calif. on Dec. 9, 2004. (Robert Tong/ Marin Independent Journal)

Golden Gate Bridge with Mount Tamalpais in the background. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

The iconic Golden Gate Bridge glows against the morning sunrise December 5, 2005 in a view from the Marin headlands. The bridge will be celebrating its 75th anniversary in late May. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

A helicopter hoovers along the Golden Gate bridge at dusk seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Since there is no rain coming soon, February could become the first dry month in more than 150 years with no rainfall, according to the National Weather Service. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

The north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge peaks through the morning fog Friday, Jan. 13, 2018. Some newcomers mention this scene as one of the things they love about living in the Bay Area. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group Archives)

The 50-year anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge 0n October 27, 1999. (Marin IJ archive)

The Golden Gate Bridge stands against the darkening sky over Fort Point late Thursday evening May 17, 2012 in San Francisco. (Karl Mondon/Staff)

High in the fog, structural steel workers staged the traditional ceremony of raising flags when the structural steel work on the Marin County Towers of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco was completed, May 4, 1934. Group of steel workers atop one of the two towers which rise 734 feet above the water. (AP Photo)