That giant block of concrete would be the central anchorage. Unfortunately there was really no way to camoflauge it or make it "blend in" like they could with the yerba buena anchorage. I remember seeing a picture of it painted with a giant candle when the bridge turned 50 in 1986.
Another cool fact- the cable necklace lighting was originally supposed to be a temporary 50th birthday ornament- kind of like those celebs wearing pricy borrowed jewellery to those awards shows. However, people liked the new cable lights so much that they began handing over dollar bills to the toll collectors (bridge toll at the time was 50 cents) in order to finance making them permenant.
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"Build me to the heavens, and Life never stops"
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-Angel
"Prayers are fleeting and wars are forgotten, but what is built endures"
-Ambassador DeLenn, Babylon 5
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