Brooklyn Bridge   (+I 7I8 643 5I02)
New York
NY/USA


the Brooklyn Bridge

connects the financial district of lower Manhattan
over the east river to Brooklyn



after I7 years of construction
the Brooklyn Bridge opened
to traffic May 24 I883. At the time of its construction
the Bridge was about 50% longer than any
other bridge in the World




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the construcion lasted for I7 years
 

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the bridge's architect John A Roebling
died during the construction
which is completed by his son


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some figures
central spann: a central span of 488 m   total lenght
tower height
owner:
total expenditure:
architects: John A Roebling


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the largest  bridges of the World
cable-stayed bridges  (Ponts a Hublots)
indicated length is the central span in between both towers

St Nazaire/ France  sinceI975   404m
Skarsundet/ Norway    sinceI992   530m
Shanghai/ China   sinceI994  602m
My Thuan/VietNam
Pont de Normandy/France   sinceI995   856m (total lenght 2I4I m)
Tatara/Japan   sinceI999   890m

suspended bridges
Brooklyn Bridge/ USA  sinceI883   488m
Tancarville/ Haute Normandy/France   sinceI959    608 m
Bosphor/ Turkey      sinceI988    sinceI090 m
Mackinac Straits Bridge/ Michigan USA  sinceI957   II58 m
High Coast Bridge/ Sweden   sinceI997    I2I0 m
Golden Gate/ California/ USA    sinceI937   I280 m
Verrazano Narrows Bridge/ New York USA   sinceI964   I299 m
Tsing Ma Bridge/ China  I997   sinceI997    I337 m   
Jiangyin Yanggtze Bridge/ China   sinceI999   I385 m
Humber Bridge/ UK    sinceI98I    I4I0 m
Grand Belt/ Danemark    sinceI998    I624 m
Akashi Kaiko Bridge/ Japan   sinceI999   I99I m

as a comparison
the length of the entire Champs Elysée
(Arc de Triompe to the Obelisque in the middle of the Place de la Concorde) 2200 m



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