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Brooklyn Bridge

Between Manhattan and Brooklyn
New York City NY United States

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Began	1869
Finished	1883

Building Uses

- transportation

Structural Types

- bridge

Heights	Value	Source / Comments

Roof	276 ft	Endex.com
	Height of Tower Above High Water

Bridge tower	159 ft	Endex.com
	Height of Tower Above Roadway

Deck	135 ft	Nycroads.com
	Height of Roadway Above River

Tower arches	117 ft	Endex.com
	Height of Tower Arches

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Description
Architects:
• John A. Roebling
• David Bernard Steinman

Chief engineer: Washington A. Roebling
Assistant to chief engineer: Emily Warrren Roebling

New York City's first suspension bridge.
World's tallest bridge by pylon height before Williamsburg bridge (1903 year of completition)

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