The Golden Gate Bridge its art deco characteristics. He designed the shape of the towers to emphasize their height and added vertical fluting along the braces between the tower legs. These details cast dramatic shadows with the light and help make the bridge look and feel more like a sculpture. Morrow also designed the streetlamps, railings and walkways.
The purpose of the Golden Gate Bridge is to connect the city of Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. It was the longest span to be built in 1937 before the building of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, which was built in 1964. It is nearly 27.3 km long and 27 m wide.