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On this day in history, May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge opened in New York City as the world's longest suspension bridge. It connects Manhattan and Brooklyn and is a National Historic Landmark.
Feb 26, 2024 · Building the Brooklyn Bridge. Constructing a suspension bridge over the 6,000-foot span of the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan involved considerable risk. “This was a structure the...
Jun 26, 2019 · Brooklyn Bridge History. When it opened on May 24, 1883, the neo-Gothic Brooklyn Bridge debuted as the world's first steel-wire suspension bridge, with the 1,596-foot main span between its two support towers measuring as the lengthiest in the world.
