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  2. 18 hours ago · Designed by Othmar Ammann, Leopold Just, and other engineers at Ammann & Whitney, the bridge opened on November 21, 1964. Its lower deck was added in 1969 to alleviate high levels of traffic. In 2014, New York City began a $1.5 billion reconstruction of both of the bridge's decks.

  3. 4 days ago · Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, suspension bridge spanning New York Harbor from Brooklyn to Staten Island, built by Othmar H. Ammann from 1959 to 1964. Its main span was the longest in the world until the completion of the Humber Bridge in 1981.

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  4. 2 days ago · The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.

  5. 2 days ago · The view from Manhattan toward Brooklyn. Characteristic pointed arches of the bridge’s Gothic Revival suspension towers. Artists’ conception, by Currier and Ives, of the bridge while construction was underway, in 1872.

  6. 18 hours ago · Brooklyn Bridge: A New York City Marvel. Historical Significance. Completed in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. It was designed by John Augustus Roebling, and after his untimely death, the project was taken over by his son, Washington Roebling, and daughter-in-law, Emily Warren Roebling.

  7. 5 days ago · The Manhattan Bridge (completed 1909), spanning the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan Island, New York City. (more) Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, southwestern Long Island, southeastern New York state, U.S., coextensive with Kings county.

  8. 5 days ago · 100 Years of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Sunday Morning Photograph. The answer is: yes, I did. However, I recently found a contact print of negatives from photographs I took of the Brooklyn Bridge on the morning of Tuesday, May 24, 1983.

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