- Location: Over the East River, New York, NY
- Engineer: John Roebling
- Start of work: 1869
- Completion: 1883
- Type of structure: Suspension bridge
- Material: Steel
- Span: 1,595 ft.
Other interesting
facts: The towers of the bridge, when completed, looked like skyscrapers on the Brooklyn and Manhattan skylines. The bridge was completed by John Roebling’s son, Washington Roebling. When he was paralyzed, his wife Emily Roebling took over on-site.