The Brooklyn Bridge is a bridge in New York City and is 1 of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Finished in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a major span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), and was the initial steel wire suspension bridge constructed.

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 Everyday Eagle, and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Considering that its opening, it has become an icon of New York City, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.

Pay a visit to Brooklyn Bridge New York, United States