Infrastructure

Brooklyn Bridge

Also Known As New York and Brooklyn Bridge

Citation Formats

General Reference

Transport Atlas. "Brooklyn Bridge." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/infrastructure/brooklyn-bridge.

APA Style

Transport Atlas. (n.d.). Brooklyn Bridge. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/infrastructure/brooklyn-bridge

BibTeX

@misc{transportatlas-brooklyn-bridge,
  author = {Transport Atlas},
  title = {Brooklyn Bridge},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/infrastructure/brooklyn-bridge},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A suspension bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River. Designed by John Augustus Roebling, who died before construction began, it was completed in 1883 under the supervision of his son Washington Roebling and was then the longest suspension bridge in the world, the first to use steel wire for its cables.

Facts

Completion Year

1883 1

Significance

At completion the longest suspension bridge in the world and the first to use steel wire cables. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections