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Brooklyn Bridge
When it opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge world, it's longest span being 1,595 feet. Located in New York, the bridge crosses over the East River. Although it no longer holds the record as longest, it is still well known world wide.
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Is the Brooklyn Bridge the longest bridge in the world?
No.
Arguably the longest bridge is the Bang Na Expressway, in Bangkok, Thailand. It is 33.5 miles long (54 km), but is not considered a bridge because it does not cross a single body of water, instead crossing a river and canals.
The longest bridge running over a single body of water in the world is now the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China. 42km in length, it links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the island of Huangdao. The bridge cost over $1.4 billion to build and was completed in mid-2011.
What made the Brooklyn Bridge the symbol of American accomplishments?
Because the bridge was free of corruption, exploitation, and unfair business practices most often with the glided age
How do you get to the Brooklyn Bridge from the Jamaica Station in Queens?
The Jamaica station on the LIRR is connected to the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue station on the New York City subway system.
Transfer to the subway, and take the Downtown J-Z (the brown line) from Sutphin Blvd-Archer Ave to Chambers Street in Manhattan. This station is connected to the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station on the 4-5-6 (the dark green line). The Chambers Street/Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station is located at City Hall Park, at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge.
How many miles is it to walk the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn?
Much of your question depends on whether you're driving or walking, where you start on the Brooklyn Bridge and where you end up in Central Park.
If I walked from the Manhattan side of the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge to the corner of 5th Avenue and 59th Street, I'd walk about six miles.
Why did they use caissons to build the Brooklyn bridge?
They needed to construct the legs of the bridge.
What places connect to the Brooklyn bridge?
The Brooklyn Bridge does not connect any two cities. The Brooklyn Bridge connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Before the five boroughs consolidated into one city in 1898, Brooklyn was its own city. The Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883, so for the first five years of its existence it connected the city of Brooklyn to New York City.
How did the Brooklyn bridge change peoples lives?
Aren't work and employment the same thing?
While your question could use some work to make it understandable, I'll venture a guess as to what you are asking.
Before the bridge was built the only way people (and merchandise) could get from the City of Brooklyn (it wasn't a borough yet) to the City of New York (Manhattan) was by ferry (which was greatly affected by weather conditions. People tended to work as close to where they lived as they could. People who lived in Brooklyn but worked in Manhattan had to allow for much longer travel time (the same for people who lived in Manhattan and worked in Brooklyn).
When the bridge opened in 1883, it provided for easier access for all these people. They weren't affected by the weather as much as the ferries. When it opened there was even a cable-car operation from one side to the other making crossing rather fast. The cable car was replaced by a trolley and also an elevated train. The result is that more people could live in one city and work in the other because it took much less time to get to work (or to get home).
More businesses were able to open in either Manhattan or Brooklyn because it was much easier to use trucks (horse-drawn back in those days) to cross the bridge in order to get merchandise delivered rather than depend on the ferries. Also it make it easier fo rpeople to go to these businesses to buy the merchandise.
Which President was in office when the Brooklyn Bridge was built?
The Brooklyn Bridge construction in 1869 and was completed in 1883. The Presidents in office while in that time period were, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur.
Is Brooklyn Bridge is an important landmark?
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,[6] 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[5][7][8] and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.[9]
The Brooklyn Bridge was initially designed by German immigrant John Augustus Roebling, who had previously designed and constructed shorter suspension bridges, such as Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, Waco Suspension Bridge in Waco, Texas, and the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio.
While conducting surveys for the bridge project, Roebling sustained a crush injury to his foot when a ferry pinned it against a piling. After amputation of his crushed toes he developed a tetanus infection which left him incapacitated and soon resulted in his death, not long after he had placed his 32-year-old son Washington Roebling in charge of the project.[10]
Washington Roebling also suffered a paralyzing injury as a result of decompression sickness shortly after the beginning of construction on January 3, 1870.[11] This condition, first called "caisson disease" by the project physician Andrew Smith, afflicted many of the workers working within the caissons.[12][13] After Roebling's debilitating condition left him unable to physically supervise the construction firsthand, his wife Emily Warren Roebling stepped in and provided the critical written link between her husband and the engineers on site.[14] Under her husband's guidance, Emily studied higher mathematics, the calculations of catenary curves, the strengths of materials, bridge specifications, and the intricacies of cable construction.[15][16][17] She spent the next 11 years assisting Washington Roebling helping to supervise the bridge's construction.
When iron probes underneath the caisson found the bedrock to be even deeper than expected, Roebling halted construction due to the increased risk of decompression sickness. He later deemed the aggregate overlying the bedrock 30 feet (9 m) below it to be firm enough to support the tower base, and construction continued.[18] Harbor pilot Joseph Henderson was called upon as an expert seaman to determine the height of the water span of the Brooklyn Bridge.[19]
The towers are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The granite blocks were quarried and shaped on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, under a contract with the Bodwell Granite Company, delivered from Maine to New York by schooner.[20]
The Brooklyn Bridge was opened for use on May 24, 1883. The opening ceremony was attended by several thousand people and many ships were present in the East Bay for the occasion. President Chester A. Arthur and New York Mayor Franklin Edson crossed the bridge to celebratory cannon fire and were greeted by Brooklyn Mayor Seth Low when they reached the Brooklyn-side tower. Arthur shook hands with Washington Roebling at the latter's home, after the ceremony. Roebling was unable to attend the ceremony (and in fact rarely visited the site again), but held a celebratory banquet at his house on the day of the bridge opening. Further festivity included the performance of a band, gunfire from ships, and a fireworks display.[21]
What is the name of the river which is spanned by the Brooklyn bridge?
The Brooklyn Bridge crosses the East River, which is technically not a river, but an estuary, or tidal strait. Unlike a true river, it connects to the ocean on both sides. It flows south from the bay known as the Long Island Sound, down the east side of Manhattan and the west side of Queens and Brooklyn, and into the Atlantic Ocean.
Is there a cost to walk the Brooklyn bridge?
It doesn't cost anything to look at it. No one's going to charge you money because the bridge is within your field of vision (how would they even know that you were someplace where the bridge can be seen)?
It doesn't cost anything to cross the bridge, either. There is no toll for vehicles or pedestrians.
If you're not already in the neighborhood, then it will cost you money to take the subway, the bus or a cab there. If you're somewhere outside New York City, then you'll have to buy a train, plane or bus ticket, or lots of gasoline, to get there. So yes, in that sense, it costs money to go see the Brooklyn Bridge.
What was the purpose of the Brooklyn bridge?
It connects the two halves of a very large city.
Sydney Harbour Bridge joined the city of Sydney (at Dawes Point) to the North Shore (at Milsons Point) obviating the need to travel by ferry or make a substantial trip around the harbour foreshores towards Parramatta and back. It has an arch shaped structure. Due to these reasons it is important to Sydney .
How high above the water is the Brooklyn bridge?
The Brooklyn Bridge clears the water below it by 135 feet (41 m) at mid-span.
Between the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge which one is bigger?
They are about 5 2/3 (five and two-thirds) miles apart as the crow flies (meaning, if you were to draw an imaginary straight line between them on the map).
Which two boroughs of New York City are joined by the Brooklyn Bridge?
The Brooklyn Bridge connects the borough of Manhattan and the borough of Brooklyn.
How many years did it take to finish the Brooklyn Bridge?
It took 600 people and 14 years to build the Brooklyn Bridge.
How much did the steel suspension cables on Brooklyn Bridge cost?
The Brooklyn Bridge cost $15.1 million to build, $3.8 million of which was to purchase land for approaches and the remainder going toward construction. This was more than twice the original cost estimate of $7 million.
When and why was the bridge built of Brooklyn bridge and how did it change new yorkers lives?
Before the Brooklyn Bridge was built, the only way to travel from Brooklyn to Manhattan and back was by ferry. When the bridge was built, people could finally travel quickly and easily, and in large numbers, between the two boroughs.
People could now live in Brooklyn, and commute into Manhattan to work, which wasn't really feasible before, since the ferry system wasn't equipped to carry large numbers of commuters at once.
The Brooklyn Bridge helped unite the city, not just physically, but socially as well. In fact, in 1898, just five years after the bridge was completed, the five boroughs united to form modern-day New York City.
Does the Brooklyn bridge use triangulation?
Yes the Brooklyn bridge does use triangulation. If you want proof look at a really big picture or use this link below. Zoom in and you can see the triangulation at the sides.
Is it true that the Bessemer process played a large role in the building of the Brooklyn bridge?
The Brooklyn Bridge is made of steel. The Bessemer process made steel affordable.
What was the main problem with building the Brooklyn Bridge?
The main problem was that the Chief Engineers kept becoming incapacitated! The first one died, and the second was bedridden throughout most of the bridge's construction. The bridge might not ever have been built, had it not been for Emily Warren Roebling.
John Roebling was originally the Chief Engineer, but he died not long after groundbreaking, when a collapse on the site severely injured his foot, which led to a tetanus infection and then death. So his son, Washington Roebling, became the Chief Engineer.
Unfortunately, Washington Roebling was also injured on the job, early into the construction. He got a bad case of decompression sickness (aka "the bends" or "cassion disease") while surveying the underwater cassions. He survived, but he was bedridden for the rest of the bridge's construction.
His wife, Emily Warren Roebling, was required to speak to the workmen on his behalf, and run messages between them. She had studied engineering and higher math, and so was able to provide crucial assistance in the remaining 11 years until the bridge's completion. She was also the first person to cross the bridge when it was completed.
However, history books typically ignore her contribution, and list only John and Washington Roebling as the Chief Engineers.
