Architectural Brilliance: The World’s Most Breathtaking Bridges
| October 8, 2018
Brooklyn Bridge, U.S.
Before the words “Golden Gate” became a household name, another suspension bridge ruled the Americas. Construction was completed on New York’s Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River. It’s considered a hybrid, relying on both its suspension and cable-stay design to carry six lanes of traffic over 1,825 miles. The Brooklyn Bridge took 16 years to build and cost the equivalent of $320 million dollars in today’s dollars.
Fun fact: In an effort to convince skeptical New Yorkers that the bridge was safe, circus magnate P.T. Barnum led a cavalcade of 21 elephants across the bridge without incident.
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