Brooklyn Bridge
The first bridge ever hung from steel wire
History · 🇺🇸 New York · one place, one stop
+35 ptsOpened in 1883, this was the world’s first steel-wire suspension bridge, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River. Its twin stone towers carry pointed arches above the roadway, while four main cables sweep between them and anchorages on either shore.
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