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The Brooklyn Bridge is a bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.
Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name 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.

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Carries:- Motor vehicles (cars only)
Elevated trains (until 1944)
Streetcars (until 1950)
Pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses:- East River
Locale:- New York City (Manhattan–Brooklyn)
Maintained by:- New York City Department of Transportation
Designer:- John Augustus Roebling
Design:- Suspension/Cable-stay Hybrid
Total length:- 5,989 feet (1825 m)
Width:- 85 feet (26 m)
Longest span:- 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.3 m)
Clearance below:- 135 feet (41 m) at mid-span
Opened:- May 24, 1883; 129 years ago
Toll:- Free both ways
Daily traffic:- 123,781 (2008)

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