Why is the Brooklyn Bridge famous?

Considered a brilliant feat of 19th-century engineering, the Brooklyn Bridge was a bridge of many firsts. It was the first suspension bridge to use steel for its cable wire. It was the first bridge to use explosives in a dangerous underwater device called a caisson.



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With an overall length of 1,825m (5,989 ft) and with a main span of 486m (1,595 ft), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1903. ?First known as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge it was commonly referred to as the Brooklyn Bridge and this became its formal name in 1915.

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Is the Bridge free? The Brooklyn Bridge is a fully operational and functioning piece of transportation infrastructure in NYC. You can walk, drive, or bike across the Bridge for free all day every day.

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