Brooklyn Bridge - New York, NY
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bluesnote
N 40° 42.361 W 073° 59.804
18T E 584750 N 4506607
The most famous bridge in all of New York City.
Waymark Code: WMRKHG
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2016
Views: 24
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."
Street address:
Across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan , New York
County / Borough / Parish: New York
Year listed: 1966
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Historic function: Transportation
Current function: Transportation
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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