Brooklyn Bridge
View of the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan; the East River is in the foreground
View from Manhattan
Coordinates40°42′21″N73°59′47″W / 40.7057°N 73.9964°W /40.7057; -73.9964Coordinates:40°42′21″N73°59′47″W / 40.7057°N 73.9964°W /40.7057; -73.9964
Carries5 lanes of roadway (cars only)
Elevated trains (until 1944)
Streetcars (until 1950)
Pedestrians and bicycles
CrossesEast River
LocaleNew York City (Civic Center, Manhattan – Dumbo/Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn)
Maintained byNew York City Department of Transportation
ID number22400119
Characteristics
DesignSuspension/Cable-stay Hybrid
Total length6,016 ft (1,833.7 m; 1.1 mi)
Width85 ft (25.9 m)
Height272 ft (82.9 m) (towers)
Longest span1,595.5 ft (486.3 m)
Clearance below127 ft (38.7 m) above mean high water
History
DesignerJohn Augustus Roebling
Constructed byNew York Bridge Company
OpenedMay 24, 1883; 138 years ago (1883-05-24)
Statistics
Daily traffic105,679 (2016)
TollFree both ways
Brooklyn Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
NYC Landmark No. 0098
Built1869-1883
Architectural styleneo-Gothic
NRHP reference No.66000523
NYCL No.0098
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLJanuary 29, 1964
Designated NYCLAugust 24, 1967
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