Bay Bridge Construction Approved

Date: February 20, 1931 • Location: Shaw, United States

The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.

The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both meet in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.