NEW YORK
The Brooklyn Bridge completed in 1883 with the Twin Towers in the background. The Brooklynn Bridge is the most famous bridge that spans the East River connecting Brooklyn with Manhattan.
Sent by Yolanda, a TravBuddy friend who lives in New York, USA.
This is from Wikipedia : The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City 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, 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. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.
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