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3 days ago · June 23, 1980 [12] Designated NYCL. August 24, 1967 [2] Location. 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.
- 1,595.5 ft (486.3 m)
- 6,016 ft (1,833.7 m; 1.1 mi)
- May 24, 1883; 140 years ago
- East River
2 days ago · Roebling went on to create wire rope suspension bridges, including the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge between New York and Canada, the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge across the Ohio River at Cincinnati, and, most famously, the Brooklyn Bridge. Roebling is known as the mastermind behind the Brooklyn Bridge, but he never saw it completed.
Here on this page are listed in alphabetical order as well as marked within the map below most if not all the best known bridges of the New York City Metropolitan area. Within the list farther below on the page are links for each corresponding bridge named. Tags. Architecture. Bridges.
5 days ago · Inside the foundations on the Brooklyn side, bridge designer John A. Roebling had envisioned a shopping arcade, called the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage. According to Julie Golia, a historian of the ...
2 days ago · The Brooklyn Bridge Bike Tour lets you safely explore the best of Manhattan by bike. Pedal on the new Hudson riverside bike trail, past famous landmarks and.
6 days ago · The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge (colloquially referred to as the Whitestone Bridge or simply the Whitestone) is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 678 over the East River.
5 days ago · 1. Ward’s Island Bridge. The Ward’s Island Bridge , a vertical lift bridge, is exclusively for use by pedestrians and bikers to access Ward’s Island on the East River. Originally painted in ...
