Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is 5,989 feet (1825 m) long -- making it just over 1 mile long (actually 1.13 miles, which is 1.82 km). It is 277 feet high.

The Brooklyn Bridge was the first suspension bridge to use steel for its cable wire and the first to use pneumatic caissons.

If anyone knows the chords to the Brooklyn Bridge hit song Welcome me Love, please respond

On the Manhattan side, Park Row is the street that takes you onto the bridge. On the Brooklyn side, Adams Street takes you onto the bridge.

Emily Warren Roebling

That would be Scott number 2041. It can be purchased for a $1 in mint condition. Used it is only worth about a dime.

He marched 21elephants across the Brooklyn Bridge.

It is 5 miles.

3.9 miles.

The distance from Battery Park to the Brooklyn Bridge is about 4000 feet (1219 meters), or three-quarters of a mile (1.2 kilometers).

The United States state with the least amount of bridges is Rhode Island with 748. The state with the most amount of bridges is Texas with 48,492.

On opening day of the Brooklyn Bridge, which opened on May 24, 1883, the first two people to cross the bridge were Emily Roebling and her husband, Washington Roebling. Washington was the chief engineer of the bridge but was unable to walk the span himself due to illness. Emily played a crucial role in completing the project and became a symbol of perseverance and strength. Their crossing marked a significant moment in engineering history.

John Augustus Roebling proposed the idea of a suspension bridge going across the East River.

According to the Related Link (see below), the toll on the bridge's opening day (May 24, 1883) was 1 cent: "After the opening ceremony, anyone with a penny for the toll could cross the Brooklyn Bridge."

There is currently no toll on the bridge for pedestrians or vehicles.

The Brooklyn Bridge needed massive repairs. It cost $811 million dollars. The city has to pay 54% of the costs. The federal government is paying the rest of the costs.

No, the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Station is in Manhattan. Specifically, it is in Lower Manhattan, at City Hall Park, close to the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.

The simplest way would be to walk west to Broadway, and then walk north on Broadway to 34th Street. Macy's is at 34th Street and Broadway.

The foot of the Brooklyn Bridge is at City Hall Park, and Broadway forms the western border of City Hall Park.

When you get to 14th Street-Union Square, Broadway's path is broken by Union Square Park. Broadway cuts off at the southeast corner of the park (at 14th Street), and its path resumes at the northwest corner of the park (at 17th Street). So you have to walk through the park or around it to get back onto Broadway.

The Manhattan Bridge. Three bridges connect Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan. In order from south to north, they are the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge and the Williamsburg Bridge.

According to Wikipedia, construction began on January 3, 1870.

helps to get through the two boroughs

140,000 cars go over the Brooklyn Bridge on average a day.

1 minute woman and 2 minute woman go across first. Then 1 minute woman comes back. (Total 3 minutes) Then 5 and 10 minute women go across together. (Total 13 minutes) The 2 minute woman comes back. (15 minutes) Then the 1 minute and 2 minute women go back together (17 minutes).

Before the Brooklyn Bridge was built and opened for use in 1883, people commuted across the East River by boats. Regular ferries operated between Kings County and the island of Manhattan.

The Brooklyn bridge was designed by John Roebling and the Roeblings helped in the process of building the bridge with many other workers.