Brooklyn Bridge - New York, NY
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bluesnote
N 40° 42.361 W 073° 59.804
18T E 584750 N 4506606
The most famous bridge in all of New York City.
Waymark Code: WMRKTK
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2016
Views: 22
Taken from Wikipedia, "The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges of either type in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed. It was originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867, letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since its opening, it has become an icon of New York City, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972."
Name of Source Book: 1,000 Places to See in the United States and Canada Before you Die
Page Location in Source Book: 198
Type of Waymark: Bridge
Location of Coordinates: Center of Bridge
Cost of Admission (Parks, Museums, etc.): 0.00 (listed in local currency)
List Available Hours, Dates, Season:
24/7
Official Tourism Website: [Web Link]
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