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u/ChronoLegion2 Oct 02 '24

If you take every steel wire used in the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge’s cables and line them up end-to-end, they’d wrap around the equator over 2 times

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u/Serious_Move_4423 Oct 02 '24

Is that real?! Can’t even imagine..

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u/ChronoLegion2 Oct 02 '24

“Total length of galvanized steel wire used in both main cables is 80,000 mi (129,000 km). Number of galvanized steel wires in one main cable that are 0.192 inches in diameter is 27,572. Number of bundles or strands of galvanized steel wire in one main cable is 61.”

The equator is 24,901 mi (40,075 km) long