That ghastly shriek!
Fortunately, officials are already working on a fix for the "sounds that emanate from the Bridge during high wind events," according to the Golden Gate Bridge'sAfter extensive testing using a full-scale model of the railing inside a wind tunnel, engineers came up with a solution that could help nearby residents catch some sleep on windy days.
The proposed solution, which will be "invisible to most Bridge users," involves installing "thin, u-shaped clips attached to both edges of all 12,000 vertical slats on the newly installed west railing" that will "reduce or eliminate sounds by lightly disrupting the flow of air as it passes over each slat.
And that's more relevant than ever, given the "increasing severe weather events due to climate change," the website notes. According to officials, the retrofit will cost around half a million dollars, which will come out of the Bridge's operating budget, and is expected to be completed later this year.
The 90-year-old and one-mile-wide suspension bridge has remained one of the most recognizable icons in modern American architecture — and engineers are hard at work to ensure that will be the case for many years to come.
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