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Brooklyn Bridge, New York CityBeautiful and dramatic.


   


With neo-gothic, double-arched towers set firmly into the East River's bedrock and unprecedented use of steel cables, Arguably the most influential bridge in American history, the Brooklyn Bridge remains one of New York City’s most celebrated architectural wonders.



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    Facts about Brooklyn Bridge:


  • One of the oldest suspension bridges in United Satets, stretches over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.

  • Master piece of the Roebling’s family, designed by the brilliant engineer John Augustus Roebling and completed by his son Washington Roebling oppened to traffic in May 1883.

  • Brooklyn Bridge towers are 273 feet (83.2 m) high and the length of main span across East River is 1,595 feet, 6 inches (486.3 m) long. Total length of the bridge is 5,989 feet (1,825.5 m).

  • Bridge opened to public on May 24, 1883 and total of 150,300 people (charged 1 cent to cross) and 1800 vehicles (charged 5 cents to cross) crossed opening day.

  • Today the Brooklyn Bridge has six lanes for motor vehicles, with a separate walkway along the centerline for pedestrians and bicycles. Due to the roadway's height (11 feet = 3.35 m posted) and weight (6,000 lb = 2.7 t posted) restrictions, commercial vehicles and buses are prohibited from using this bridge.

  • The Brooklyn Bridge has a wide pedestrian walkway open to walkers and cyclists, in the center of the bridge and higher than the automobile lanes.

  • Each of four supporting cables, 15 ½ inches (394 mm) in diameter, contains 19 strands, containing 2381 wires at a total of 21,432 wires in each cable.

Free Your Mind! Click here and enjoy The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City at sunset in September, 2007.


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