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The Brooklyn Brige, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first steel-wire suspension bridge. Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in an 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 iconic part of the New York skyline. In 1964 it was designated a National Historic Landmark.

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  • This bridge spanning NYC's East River was designated a national historic landmark in 1964
  • Then the world's longest suspension bridge, it opened over the East River May 24, 1883
  • This span over the East River was once dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World"
  • Designed by John Roebling, when it opened in 1883, it was the world's longest suspension bridge & not for sale
  • Clevelander Hart Crane's great poem "The Bridge" praises this one across NYC's East River
  • A national historic landmark since 1964, it links 2 NYC boroughs & bears the name of one of them
  • Have I got a deal for you! Name this engineering triumph of the 19th century
  • Art Garfunkel sang the theme to this series that featured Marion Ross as a Jewish grandmother
  • Miller's play "A View from the Bridge" concerns a view from this New York bridge
  • In December 2004 Nathan made the 83-inch by 9-inch by 17-inch model of this New York landmark
  • At least 20 died & many suffered decompression sickness building this East River landmark that opened in 1883
  • John Roebling designed this NYC landmark, but working on it cost him his life
  • A film shot in 1899 showed the "Panorama from the Tower of" this bridge (wanna buy it?)
  • You can usually get a "good deal" on this New York City bridge seen here
  • History is riveting in "The Great Bridge", about the building of this American span opened in 1883
  • (Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns delivers the clue.) My 1st documentary shown on PBS, and later nominated for an Oscar, was about this magnificent 19th century New York City structure
  • Police had to remove buyers who were building toll barriers after George Parker sold this New York structure to them
  • Don't get fooled into thinking you can buy this New York City bridge seen here

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