Additional information

• Images
• Videos
• Documents
• Books
• Articles

Description

The Brooklyn Bridge, an early example of a steel-wire suspension bridge,²³ uses a hybrid design combining elements of cable-stayed and suspension bridges, with both vertical and diagonal suspender cables.⁴ Its stone towers are neo-Gothic, with characteristic pointed arches.⁵ The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), which maintains the bridge, says that its original paint scheme was "Brooklyn Bridge Tan" and "Silver", but other accounts state that it was originally entirely "Rawlins Red".⁶⁷

Deck

To provide sufficient clearance for shipping in the East River, the Brooklyn Bridge incorporates long approach viaducts on either end to raise it from low ground on both shores.⁸ Including approaches, the Brooklyn Bridge is a total of 6,016 feet (1,834 m) long⁹¹⁰¹¹ when measured between the curbs at Park Row in Manhattan and Sands Street in Brooklyn.¹² A separate measurement of 5,989 feet (1,825 m) is sometimes given; this is the distance from the curb at Centre Street in Manhattan.¹³¹⁴¹⁵

Suspension span

The main span between the two suspension towers is 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m) long and 85 feet (26 m) wide.¹⁶¹⁷¹⁸ The bridge "elongates and contracts between the extremes of temperature from 14 to 16 inches".¹⁹ Navigational clearance is 127 ft (38.7 m) above Mean High Water (MHW).²⁰ A 1909 Engineering Magazine article said that, at the center of the span, the height above MHW could fluctuate by more than 9 feet (2.7 m) due to temperature and traffic loads, while more rigid spans had a lower maximum deflection.²¹

The side spans, between each suspension tower and each side's suspension anchorages, are 930 feet (280 m) long.²²²³ At the time of construction, engineers had not yet discovered the aerodynamics of bridge construction, and bridge designs were not tested in wind tunnels. John Roebling designed the Brooklyn Bridge's truss system to be six to eight times as strong as he thought it needed to be. As such, the open truss structure supporting the deck is, by its nature, subject to fewer aerodynamic problems.²⁴²⁵ However, due to a supplier's fraudulent substitution of inferior-quality wire in the initial construction, the bridge was reappraised at the time as being only four times as strong as necessary.²⁶²⁷

The main span and side spans are supported by a structure containing trusses that run parallel to the roadway,²⁸ each of which is 33 feet (10 m) deep.²⁹³⁰ Originally there were six trusses,³¹ but two were removed during a late-1940s renovation.³²³³ The trusses allow the Brooklyn Bridge to hold a total load of 18,700 short tons (17,000 metric tons), a design consideration from when it originally carried heavier elevated trains.³⁴³⁵ These trusses are held up by suspender ropes, which hang downward from each of the four main cables. Crossbeams run between the trusses at the top, and diagonal and vertical stiffening beams run on the outside and inside of each roadway.³⁶³⁷

An elevated pedestrian-only promenade runs in between the two roadways and 18 feet (5.5 m) above them.³⁸ It typically runs 4 feet (1.2 m) below the level of the crossbeams,³⁹ except at the areas surrounding each tower. Here, the promenade rises to just above the level of the crossbeams, connecting to a balcony that slightly overhangs the two roadways.⁴⁰ The path is generally 10 to 17 feet (3.0 to 5.2 m) wide.⁴¹⁴² The iron railings were produced by Janes & Kirtland, a Bronx iron foundry that also made the United States Capitol dome and the Bow Bridge in Central Park.⁴³⁴⁴

Approaches

Each of the side spans is reached by an approach ramp. The 971-foot (296 m) approach ramp from the Brooklyn side is shorter than the 1,567-foot (478 m) approach ramp from the Manhattan side.⁴⁵ The approaches are supported by Renaissance-style arches made of masonry; the arch openings themselves were filled with brick walls, with small windows within.⁴⁶⁴⁷ The approach ramp contains nine arch or iron-girder bridges across side streets in Manhattan and Brooklyn.⁴⁸

Underneath the Manhattan approach, a series of brick slopes or "banks" was developed into a skate park, the Brooklyn Banks, in the late 1980s.⁴⁹ The park uses the approach's support pillars as obstacles.⁵⁰ In the mid-2010s, the Brooklyn Banks were closed to the public because the area was being used as a storage site during the bridge's renovation.⁵¹ The skateboarding community has attempted to save the banks on multiple occasions; after the city destroyed the smaller banks in the 2000s, the city government agreed to keep the larger banks for skateboarding.⁵² When the NYCDOT removed the bricks from the banks in 2020, skateboarders started an online petition.⁵³ In the 2020s, local resident Rosa Chang advocated for the 9-acre (3.6 ha) space under the Manhattan approach to be converted into a recreational area known as Gotham Park.⁵⁴ Some of the space under the Manhattan approach reopened in May 2023 as a park called the Arches;⁵⁵ this was followed in November 2024 by another 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) section of parkland.⁵⁶

Cables

The Brooklyn Bridge contains four main cables, which descend from the tops of the suspension towers and help support the deck. Two are located to the outside of the bridge's roadways, while two are in the median of the roadways.⁵⁷ Each main cable measures 15.75 inches (40.0 cm) in diameter and contains 5,282 parallel, galvanized steel wires wrapped closely together in a cylindrical shape.⁵⁸⁵⁹⁶⁰ These wires are bundled in 19 individual strands, with 278 wires to a strand.⁶¹ This was the first use of bundling in a suspension bridge and took several months for workers to tie together.⁶² Since the 2000s, the main cables have also supported a series of 24-watt LED lighting fixtures, referred to as "necklace lights" due to their shape.⁶³

In addition, either 1,088,⁶⁴ 1,096,⁶⁵ or 1,520 galvanized steel wire suspender cables hang downward from the main cables.⁶⁶ Another 400 cable stays extend diagonally from the towers. The vertical suspender cables and diagonal cable stays hold up the truss structure around the bridge deck.⁶⁷⁶⁸⁶⁹ The bridge's suspenders originally used wire rope, which was replaced in the 1980s with galvanized steel made by Bethlehem Steel.⁷⁰⁷¹ The vertical suspender cables measure 8 to 130 feet (2.4 to 39.6 m) long, and the diagonal stays measure 138 to 449 feet (42 to 137 m) long.⁷²

Anchorages

Each side of the bridge contains an anchorage for the main cables. The anchorages are trapezoidal limestone structures located slightly inland of the shore, measuring 129 by 119 feet (39 by 36 m) at the base and 117 by 104 feet (36 by 32 m) at the top.⁷³⁷⁴ Each anchorage weighs 60,000 short tons (54,000 long tons; 54,000 t).⁷⁵ The Manhattan anchorage rests on a foundation of bedrock while the Brooklyn anchorage rests on clay.⁷⁶

The anchorages both have four anchor plates, one for each of the main cables, which are located near ground level and parallel to the ground. The anchor plates measure 16 by 17.5 feet (4.9 by 5.3 m), with a thickness of 2.5 feet (0.76 m) and weigh 46,000 pounds (21,000 kg) each. Each anchor plate is connected to the respective main cable by two sets of nine eyebars, each of which is about 12.5 feet (3.8 m) long and up to 9 by 3 inches (229 by 76 mm) thick.⁷⁷⁷⁸ The chains of eyebars curve downward from the cables toward the anchor plates, and the eyebars vary in size depending on their position.⁷⁹⁸⁰

The anchorages also contain numerous passageways and compartments.⁸¹ Starting in 1876,⁸² in order to fund the bridge's maintenance, the New York City government made the large vaults under the bridge's Manhattan anchorage available for rent, and they were in constant use during the early 20th century.⁸³⁸⁴ The vaults were used to store wine, as they were kept at a consistent 60 °F (16 °C) temperature due to a lack of air circulation.⁸⁵ The Manhattan vault was called the "Blue Grotto" because of a shrine to the Virgin Mary next to an opening at the entrance.⁸⁶ The vaults were closed for public use in the late 1910s and 1920s during World War I and Prohibition but were reopened thereafter.⁸⁷⁸⁸ When New York magazine visited one of the cellars in 1978, it discovered a "fading inscription" on a wall reading: "Who loveth not wine, women and song, he remaineth a fool his whole life long."⁸⁹⁹⁰ Leaks found within the vault's spaces necessitated repairs during the late 1980s and early 1990s.⁹¹ By the late 1990s, the chambers were being used to store maintenance equipment.⁹²

Towers

The bridge's two suspension towers are 278 feet (85 m) tall with a footprint of 140 by 59 feet (43 by 18 m) at the high water line.⁹³⁹⁴⁹⁵ They are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The limestone was quarried at the Clark Quarry in Essex County, New York.⁹⁶ The granite blocks were quarried and shaped on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, under a contract with the Bodwell Granite Company, and delivered from Maine to New York by schooner.⁹⁷ The Manhattan tower contains 46,945 cubic yards (35,892 m3) of masonry, while the Brooklyn tower has 38,214 cubic yards (29,217 m3) of masonry.⁹⁸⁹⁹ There are 56 LED lamps mounted onto the towers.¹⁰⁰

Each tower contains a pair of Gothic Revival pointed arches, through which the roadways run. The arch openings are 117 feet (36 m) tall and 33.75 feet (10.29 m) wide.¹⁰¹¹⁰² The tops of the towers are located 159 feet (48 m) above the floor of each arch opening, while the floors of the openings are 119.25 feet (36.35 m) above mean water level, giving the towers a total height of 278.25 feet (84.81 m) above mean high water.¹⁰³¹⁰⁴

Caissons

The towers rest on underwater caissons made of southern yellow pine and filled with cement.¹⁰⁵ Inside both caissons were spaces for construction workers. The Manhattan side's caisson is slightly larger, measuring 172 by 102 feet (52 by 31 m) and located 78.5 feet (23.9 m) below high water, while the Brooklyn side's caisson measures 168 by 102 feet (51 by 31 m) and is located 44.5 feet (13.6 m) below high water. The caissons were designed to hold at least the weight of the towers which would exert a pressure of 5 short tons per square foot (49 t/m2) when fully built, but the caissons were over-engineered for safety. During an accident on the Brooklyn side, when air pressure was lost and the partially-built towers dropped full-force down, the caisson sustained an estimated pressure of 23 short tons per square foot (220 t/m2) with only minor damage.¹⁰⁶¹⁰⁷ Most of the timber used in the bridge's construction, including in the caissons, came from mills at Gascoigne Bluff on St. Simons Island, Georgia.¹⁰⁸

The Brooklyn side's caisson, which was built first, originally had a height of 9.5 feet (2.9 m) and a ceiling composed of five layers of timber, each layer 1 foot (0.30 m) tall. Ten more layers of timber were later added atop the ceiling, and the entire caisson was wrapped in tin and wood for further protection against flooding. The thickness of the caisson's sides was 8 feet (2.4 m) at both the bottom and the top. The caisson had six chambers: two each for dredging, supply shafts, and airlocks.¹⁰⁹¹¹⁰

The caisson on the Manhattan side was slightly different because it had to be installed at a greater depth. To protect against the increased air pressure at that depth, the Manhattan caisson had 22 layers of timber on its roof, seven more than its Brooklyn counterpart had. The Manhattan caisson also had fifty 4-inch-diameter (10 cm) pipes for sand removal, a fireproof iron-boilerplate interior, and different airlocks and communication systems.^111112113114

History

Planning

Proposals for a bridge between the then-separate cities of Brooklyn and New York had been suggested as early as 1800.¹¹⁵¹¹⁶ At the time, the only travel between the two cities was by a number of ferry lines.¹¹⁷¹¹⁸ Engineers presented various designs, such as chain or link bridges, though these were never built because of the difficulties of constructing a high enough fixed-span bridge across the extremely busy East River.¹¹⁹¹²⁰ There were also proposals for tunnels under the East River, but these were considered prohibitively expensive.¹²¹ German immigrant engineer John Augustus Roebling proposed building a suspension bridge over the East River in 1857. He had previously designed and constructed shorter suspension bridges, such as Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, and the Niagara Suspension Bridge. In 1867, Roebling erected what became the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky.¹²²

In February 1867, the New York State Senate passed a bill that allowed the construction of a suspension bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan.¹²³ Two months later, the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Company was incorporated with a board of directors (later converted to a board of trustees).^124125126 There were twenty trustees in total: eight each appointed by the mayors of New York and Brooklyn, as well as the mayors of each city and the auditor and comptroller of Brooklyn.¹²⁷ The company was tasked with constructing what was then known as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge.^128129130 Alternatively, the span was just referred to as the "Brooklyn Bridge", a name originating in a January 25, 1867, letter to the editor sent to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.¹³¹ The act of incorporation, which became law on April 16, 1867, authorized the cities of New York (now Manhattan) and Brooklyn to subscribe to $5 million in capital stock, which would fund the bridge's construction.¹³²

Roebling was subsequently named the chief engineer of the work and, by September 1867, had presented a master plan.^133134135 According to the plan, the bridge would be longer and taller than any suspension bridge previously built.¹³⁶ It would incorporate roadways and elevated rail tracks, whose tolls and fares would provide the means to pay for the bridge's construction. It would also include a raised promenade that served as a leisurely pathway.¹³⁷ The proposal received much acclaim in both cities, and residents predicted that the New York and Brooklyn Bridge's opening would have as much of an impact as the Suez Canal, the first transatlantic telegraph cable or the first transcontinental railroad. By early 1869, however, some individuals started to criticize the project, saying either that the bridge was too expensive, or that the construction process was too difficult.¹³⁸

To allay concerns about the design of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling set up a "Bridge Party" in March 1869, where he invited engineers and members of U.S. Congress to see his other spans.¹³⁹ Following the bridge party in April, Roebling and several engineers conducted final surveys. During the process, it was determined that the main span would have to be raised from 130 to 135 feet (40 to 41 m) above MHW, requiring several changes to the overall design.¹⁴⁰ In June 1869, while conducting these surveys, Roebling sustained a crush injury to his foot when a ferry pinned it against a piling.¹⁴¹¹⁴² After amputation of his crushed toes, he developed a tetanus infection that left him incapacitated and resulted in his death the following month. Washington Roebling, John Roebling's 32-year-old son, was then hired to fill his father's role.¹⁴³¹⁴⁴ Tammany Hall leader William M. Tweed also became involved in the bridge's construction because, as a major landowner in New York City, he had an interest in the project's completion.¹⁴⁵ The New York and Brooklyn Bridge Company—later known simply as the New York Bridge Company¹⁴⁶—was actually overseen by Tammany Hall, and it approved Roebling's plans and designated him as chief engineer of the project.¹⁴⁷

Construction

Caissons

Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began on January 2, 1870.¹⁴⁸ The first work entailed the construction of two caissons, upon which the suspension towers would be built.¹⁴⁹¹⁵⁰ The Brooklyn side's caisson was built at the Webb & Bell shipyard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and was launched into the river on March 19, 1870.¹⁵¹¹⁵² Compressed air was pumped into the caisson, and workers entered the space to dig the sediment until it sank to the bedrock. As one sixteen-year-old from Ireland, Frank Harris, described the fearful experience:¹⁵³

The six of us were working naked to the waist in the small iron chamber with the temperature of about 80 degrees Fahrenheit: In five minutes the sweat was pouring from us, and all the while we were standing in icy water that was only kept from rising by the terrific pressure. No wonder the headaches were blinding.¹⁵⁴

Once the caisson had reached the desired depth, it was to be filled in with vertical brick piers and concrete.¹⁵⁵¹⁵⁶ However, due to the unexpectedly high concentration of large boulders atop the riverbed, the Brooklyn caisson took several months to sink to the desired depth.¹⁵⁷¹⁵⁸ Furthermore, in December 1870, its timber roof caught fire, delaying construction further.¹⁵⁹¹⁶⁰ The "Great Blowout", as the fire was called, delayed construction for several months, since the holes in the caisson had to be repaired.¹⁶¹ On March 6, 1871, the repairs were finished, and the caisson had reached its final depth of 44.5 feet (13.6 m); it was filled with concrete five days later.¹⁶²¹⁶³ Overall, about 264 individuals were estimated to have worked in the caisson every day, but because of high worker turnover, the final total was thought to be about 2,500 men in total.¹⁶⁴ In spite of this, only a few workers were paralyzed. At its final depth, the caisson's air pressure was 21 pounds per square inch (140 kPa).¹⁶⁵

The Manhattan side's caisson was the next structure to be built. To ensure that it would not catch fire like its counterpart had, the Manhattan caisson was lined with fireproof plate iron.¹⁶⁶ It was launched from Webb & Bell's shipyard on May 11, 1871,¹⁶⁷¹⁶⁸ and maneuvered into place that September.¹⁶⁹¹⁷⁰ Due to the extreme underwater air pressure inside the much deeper Manhattan caisson, many workers became sick with "the bends"—decompression sickness—during this work,¹⁷¹ despite the incorporation of airlocks (which were believed to help with decompression sickness at the time).¹⁷²¹⁷³ This condition was unknown at the time and was first called "caisson disease" by the project physician, Andrew Smith.¹⁷⁴¹⁷⁵ Between January 25 and May 31, 1872, Smith treated 110 cases of decompression sickness, while three workers died from the disease.¹⁷⁶ When iron probes underneath the Manhattan caisson found the bedrock to be even deeper than expected, Washington Roebling halted construction due to the increased risk of decompression sickness.¹⁷⁷¹⁷⁸ After the Manhattan caisson reached a depth of 78.5 feet (23.9 m) with an air pressure of 35 pounds per square inch (240 kPa),¹⁷⁹ Washington deemed the sandy subsoil overlying the bedrock 30 feet (9.1 m) beneath to be sufficiently firm, and subsequently infilled the caisson with concrete in July 1872.¹⁸⁰¹⁸¹

Washington Roebling himself suffered a paralyzing injury as a result of caisson disease shortly after ground was broken for the Brooklyn tower foundation.¹⁸²¹⁸³ His debilitating condition left him unable to supervise the construction in person, so he designed the caissons and other equipment from his apartment, directing "the completion of the bridge through a telescope from his bedroom."¹⁸⁴ His wife, Emily Warren Roebling, not only provided written communications between her husband and the engineers on site,¹⁸⁵ but also understood mathematics, calculations of catenary curves, strengths of materials, bridge specifications, and the intricacies of cable construction. She spent the next 11 years helping supervise the bridge's construction,¹⁸⁶¹⁸⁷ taking over much of the chief engineer's duties, including day-to-day supervision and project management.¹⁸⁸

Towers

After the caissons were completed, piers were constructed on top of each of them upon which masonry towers would be built. The towers' construction was a complex process that took four years. Since the masonry blocks were heavy, the builders transported them to the base of the towers using a pulley system with a continuous 1.5-inch (3.8 cm)-diameter steel wire rope, operated by steam engines at ground level. The blocks were then carried up on a timber track alongside each tower and maneuvered into the proper position using a derrick atop the towers.¹⁸⁹¹⁹⁰ The blocks sometimes vibrated the ropes because of their weight, but only once did a block fall.¹⁹¹

Construction on the suspension towers started in mid-1872, and by the time work was halted for the winter in late 1872, parts of each tower had already been built.¹⁹² By mid-1873, there was substantial progress on the towers' construction. The Brooklyn side's tower had reached a height of 164 feet (50 m) above mean high water (MHW), while the tower on the Manhattan side had reached 88 feet (27 m) above MHW.¹⁹³¹⁹⁴ The arches of the Brooklyn tower were completed by August 1874.¹⁹⁵ The tower was substantially finished by December 1874 with the erection of saddle plates for the main cables at the top of the tower. However, the ornamentation on the Brooklyn tower could not be completed until the Manhattan tower was finished.¹⁹⁶ The last stone on the Brooklyn tower was raised in June 1875 and the Manhattan tower was completed in July 1876.¹⁹⁷ The saddle plates atop both towers were also raised in July 1876.¹⁹⁸ The work was dangerous: by 1876, three workers had died having fallen from the towers, while nine other workers were killed in other accidents.¹⁹⁹

In 1875, while the towers were being constructed, the project had depleted its original $5 million budget. Two bridge commissioners, one each from Brooklyn and Manhattan, petitioned New York state lawmakers to allot another $8 million for construction. Ultimately, the legislators passed a law authorizing the allotment with the condition that the cities would buy the stock of Brooklyn Bridge's private stockholders.²⁰⁰

Work proceeded concurrently on the anchorages on each side.²⁰¹ The Brooklyn anchorage broke ground in January 1873²⁰²²⁰³ and was subsequently substantially completed in August 1875.²⁰⁴²⁰⁵ The Manhattan anchorage was built in less time, having started in May 1875, it was mostly completed in July 1876.²⁰⁶²⁰⁷ The anchorages could not be fully completed until the main cables were spun, at which point another 6 feet (1.8 m) would be added to the height of each 80-foot (24 m) anchorage.²⁰⁸

Cables

The first temporary wire was stretched between the towers on August 15, 1876,^209210211 using chrome steel provided by the Chrome Steel Company of Brooklyn.²¹²²¹³ The wire was then stretched back across the river, and the two ends were spliced to form a traveler, a lengthy loop of wire connecting the towers, which was driven by a 30 horsepower (22 kW) steam hoisting engine at ground level.²¹⁴ The wire was one of two that were used to create a temporary footbridge for workers while cable spinning was ongoing.²¹⁵ The next step was to send an engineer across the completed traveler wire in a boatswain's chair slung from the wire, to ensure it was safe enough. The bridge's master mechanic, E.F. Farrington, was selected for this task, and an estimated crowd of 10,000 people on both shores watched him cross.²¹⁶²¹⁷ A second traveler wire was then stretched across the span, a task that was completed by August 30.²¹⁸²¹⁹ The temporary footbridge, located some 60 feet (18 m) above the elevation of the future deck, was completed in February 1877.²²⁰

By December 1876, a steel contract for the permanent cables still had not been awarded.²²¹ There was disagreement over whether the bridge's cables should use the as-yet-untested Bessemer steel or the well-proven crucible steel.²²²²²³ Until a permanent contract was awarded, the builders ordered 30 short tons (27 long tons) of wire in the interim, 10 tons each from three companies, including Washington Roebling's own steel mill in Brooklyn.²²⁴ In the end, it was decided to use number 8 Birmingham gauge (approximately 4 mm or 0.165 inches in diameter) crucible steel, and a request for bids was distributed, to which eight companies responded.²²⁵ In January 1877, a contract for crucible steel was awarded to J. Lloyd Haigh,^226227228 who was associated with bridge trustee Abram Hewitt, whom Roebling distrusted.²²⁹²³⁰

The spinning of the wires required the manufacture of large coils of it which were galvanized but not oiled when they left the factory. The coils were delivered to a yard near the Brooklyn anchorage. There they were dipped in linseed oil, hoisted to the top of the anchorage, dried out and spliced into a single wire, and finally coated with red zinc for further galvanizing.²³¹²³² There were thirty-two drums at the anchorage yard, eight for each of the four main cables. Each drum had a capacity of 60,000 feet (18,000 m) of wire.²³³ The first experimental wire for the main cables was stretched between the towers on May 29, 1877, and spinning began two weeks later.²³⁴ All four main cables were being strung by that July. During that time, the temporary footbridge was unofficially opened to members of the public, who could receive a visitor's pass; by August 1877 several thousand visitors from around the world had used the footbridge.²³⁵ The visitor passes ceased that September after a visitor had an epileptic seizure and nearly fell off.²³⁶²³⁷

As the wires were being spun, work also commenced on the demolition of buildings on either side of the river for the Brooklyn Bridge's approaches; this work was mostly complete by September 1877.²³⁸ The following month, initial contracts were awarded for the suspender wires, which would hang down from the main cables and support the deck.²³⁹²⁴⁰ By May 1878, the main cables were more than two-thirds complete.²⁴¹ However, the following month, one of the wires slipped, killing two people and injuring three others.^242243244 In 1877, Hewitt wrote a letter urging against the use of Bessemer steel in the bridge's construction.²⁴⁵²⁴⁶ Bids had been submitted for both crucible steel and Bessemer steel; John A. Roebling's Sons submitted the lowest bid for Bessemer steel,²⁴⁷ but at Hewitt's direction, the contract was awarded to Haigh.²⁴⁸²⁴⁹

A subsequent investigation discovered that Haigh had substituted inferior quality wire in the cables. Of eighty rings of wire that were tested, only five met standards, and it was estimated that Haigh had earned $300,000 from the deception.²⁵⁰²⁵¹ At this point, it was too late to replace the cables that had already been constructed. Roebling determined that the poorer wire would leave the bridge only four times as strong as necessary, rather than six to eight times as strong. The inferior-quality wire was allowed to remain and 150 extra wires were added to each cable.^252253254 To avoid public controversy, Haigh was not fired, but instead was required to personally pay for higher-quality wire.²⁵⁵²⁵⁶ The contract for the remaining wire was awarded to the John A. Roebling's Sons, and by October 5, 1878, the last of the main cables' wires went over the river.²⁵⁷

Nearing completion

After the suspender wires had been placed, workers began erecting steel crossbeams to support the roadway as part of the bridge's overall superstructure.²⁵⁸ Construction on the bridge's superstructure started in March 1879,²⁵⁹ but, as with the cables, the trustees initially disagreed on whether the steel superstructure should be made of Bessemer or crucible steel.²⁶⁰ That July, the trustees decided to award a contract for 500 short tons (450 long tons) of Bessemer steel²⁶¹ to the Edgemoor (or Edge Moor) Iron Works, based in Philadelphia, to be delivered by 1880.^262263264 The trustees later passed another resolution for another 500 short tons (450 long tons) of Bessemer steel.²⁶⁵ However, by February 1880 the steel deliveries had not started.²⁶⁶ That October, the bridge trustees questioned Edgemoor's president about the delay in steel deliveries.²⁶⁷ Despite Edgemoor's assurances that the contract would be fulfilled, the deliveries still had not been completed by November 1881.²⁶⁸ Brooklyn mayor Seth Low, who became part of the board of trustees in 1882, became the chairman of a committee tasked to investigate Edgemoor's failure to fulfill the contract. When questioned, Edgemoor's president stated that the delays were the fault of another contractor, the Cambria Iron Company, who was manufacturing the eyebars for the bridge trusses; at that point, the contract was supposed to be complete by October 1882.²⁶⁹²⁷⁰

Further complicating the situation, Washington Roebling had failed to appear at the trustees' meeting in June 1882, since he had gone to Newport, Rhode Island.²⁷¹ After the news media discovered this, most of the newspapers called for Roebling to be fired as chief engineer, except for the Daily State Gazette of Trenton, New Jersey, and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.²⁷² Some of the longstanding trustees, including Henry C. Murphy, James S. T. Stranahan, and William C. Kingsley, were willing to vouch for Roebling, since construction progress on the Brooklyn Bridge was still ongoing. However, Roebling's behavior was considered suspect among the younger trustees who had joined the board more recently.²⁷³

Construction on the bridge itself was noted in formal reports that Murphy presented each month to the mayors of New York and Brooklyn. For example, Murphy's report in August 1882 noted that the month's progress included 114 intermediate cords erected within a week, as well as 72 diagonal stays, 60 posts, and numerous floor beams, bridging trusses, and stay bars.²⁷⁴²⁷⁵ By early 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was considered mostly completed and was projected to open that June.²⁷⁶ Contracts for bridge lighting were awarded by February 1883,²⁷⁷ and a toll scheme was approved that March.²⁷⁸

Opposition

There was substantial opposition to the bridge's construction from shipbuilders and merchants located to the north, who argued that the bridge would not provide sufficient clearance underneath for ships.²⁷⁹ In May 1876, these groups, led by Abraham Miller, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the cities of New York and Brooklyn.²⁸⁰²⁸¹

In 1879, an Assembly Sub-Committee on Commerce and Navigation began an investigation into the Brooklyn Bridge. A seaman who had been hired to determine the height of the span, testified to the committee about the difficulties that ship masters would experience in bringing their ships under the bridge when it was completed. Another witness, Edward Wellman Serrell, a civil engineer, said that the calculations of the bridge's assumed strength were incorrect.²⁸²²⁸³ The Supreme Court decided in 1883 that the Brooklyn Bridge was a lawful structure.²⁸⁴

Opening

The New York and Brooklyn Bridge was opened for use on May 24, 1883. Thousands of people attended the opening ceremony, and many ships were present in the East River for the occasion.²⁸⁵ Officially, Emily Warren Roebling was the first to cross the bridge.²⁸⁶ The bridge opening was also attended by U.S. president Chester A. Arthur and New York mayor Franklin Edson, who crossed the bridge and shook hands with Brooklyn mayor Seth Low at the Brooklyn end.²⁸⁷ Abram Hewitt gave the principal address.²⁸⁸²⁸⁹

It is not the work of any one man or of any one age. It is the result of the study, of the experience, and of the knowledge of many men in many ages. It is not merely a creation; it is a growth. It stands before us today as the sum and epitome of human knowledge; as the very heir of the ages; as the latest glory of centuries of patient observation, profound study and accumulated skill, gained, step by step, in the never-ending struggle of man to subdue the forces of nature to his control and use.

— Abram Hewitt²⁹⁰

Though Washington Roebling was unable to attend the ceremony (and rarely visited the site again), he held a celebratory banquet at his house on the day of the bridge opening. Further festivity included the performance by a band, gunfire from ships, and a fireworks display.²⁹¹ On that first day, a total of 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed the span.²⁹² Less than a week after the Brooklyn Bridge opened, ferry crews reported a sharp drop in patronage, while the bridge's toll operators were processing over a hundred people a minute.²⁹³ However, cross-river ferries continued to operate until 1942.²⁹⁴

The bridge had cost US$15.5 million in 1883 dollars (about US$506,196,000 in 2024²⁹⁵) to build, of which Brooklyn paid two-thirds.²⁹⁶²⁹⁷ The bonds to fund the construction would not be paid off until 1956.²⁹⁸ An estimated 27 men died during its construction.²⁹⁹³⁰⁰ Since the New York and Brooklyn Bridge was the only bridge across the East River at that time, it was also called the East River Bridge.³⁰¹ Until the construction of the nearby Williamsburg Bridge in 1903, the New York and Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world,³⁰² 20% longer than any built previously.³⁰³

At the time of opening, the Brooklyn Bridge was not complete; the proposed public transit across the bridge was still being tested, while the Brooklyn approach was being completed.³⁰⁴ On May 30, 1883, six days after the opening, a woman falling down a stairway at the Brooklyn approach caused a stampede which resulted in at least twelve people being crushed and killed.³⁰⁵³⁰⁶ In subsequent lawsuits, the Brooklyn Bridge Company was acquitted of negligence.³⁰⁷ However, the company did install emergency phone boxes and additional railings,³⁰⁸ and the trustees approved a fireproofing plan for the bridge.³⁰⁹ Public transit service began with the opening of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway, a cable car service, on September 25, 1883.^310311312 On May 17, 1884, one of the circus master P. T. Barnum's most famous attractions, Jumbo the elephant, led a parade of 21 elephants over the Brooklyn Bridge. This helped to lessen doubts about the bridge's stability while also promoting Barnum's circus.^313314315316

1880s to 1900s

Patronage across the Brooklyn Bridge increased in the years after it opened; a million people paid to cross in the first six months. The bridge carried 8.5 million people in 1884, its first full year of operation; this number doubled to 17 million in 1885 and again to 34 million in 1889.³¹⁷ Many of these people were cable car passengers.³¹⁸ Additionally, about 4.5 million pedestrians a year were crossing the bridge for free by 1892.³¹⁹

The first proposal to make changes to the bridge was sent in only two and a half years after it opened, when Linda Gilbert suggested glass steam-powered elevators and an observatory be added to the bridge and a fee charged for use, which would in part fund the bridge's upkeep and in part fund her prison reform charity.³²⁰ This proposal was considered but not acted upon. Numerous other proposals were made during the first fifty years of the bridge's life.³²¹ Trolley tracks were added in the center lanes of both roadways in 1898, allowing trolleys to use the bridge as well. That year, the formerly separate City of Brooklyn was unified with New York City, and the Brooklyn Bridge fell under city control.³²²³²³

Concerns about the Brooklyn Bridge's safety were raised during the turn of the century. In 1898, traffic backups due to a dead horse caused one of the truss cords to buckle.³²⁴ There were more significant worries after twelve suspender cables snapped in 1901,^325326327 though a thorough investigation found no other defects.³²⁸ After the 1901 incident, five inspectors were hired to examine the bridge each day, a service that cost $250,000 a year.³²⁹ The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, which operated routes across the Brooklyn Bridge, issued a notice in 1905 saying that the bridge had reached its transit capacity.³³⁰

By 1890, due to the popularity of the Brooklyn Bridge, there were proposals to construct other bridges across the East River between Manhattan and Long Island.³³¹ Although a second deck for the Brooklyn Bridge was proposed, it was thought to be infeasible because doing so would overload the bridge's structural capacity.³³² The first new bridge across the East River, the Williamsburg Bridge, opened upstream in 1903 and connected Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with the Lower East Side of Manhattan.³³³ This was followed by the Queensboro Bridge between Queens and Manhattan in March 1909,³³⁴ and the Manhattan Bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan in December 1909.³³⁵ Several subway, railroad, and road tunnels were also constructed, which helped to accelerate the development of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.³³⁶³³⁷

1910s to 1940s

Tolls on the bridge were abolished in 1911.³³⁸³³⁹ In addition, the city government passed a bill to officially name the structure the "Brooklyn Bridge" in January 1915.³⁴⁰

Ostensibly in an attempt to reduce traffic on nearby city streets, Grover Whalen, the commissioner of Plant and Structures, banned motor vehicles from the Brooklyn Bridge on July 6, 1922.³⁴¹ The real reason for the ban was an incident the same year where two cables slipped due to high traffic loads.³⁴²³⁴³ Both Whalen and Roebling called for the renovation of the Brooklyn Bridge and the construction of a parallel bridge, though the parallel bridge was never built.^344345346 Whalen's successor William Wirt Mills announced in 1924 that a new wood-block pavement would be installed, permitting motor vehicles to use the bridge again;³⁴⁷³⁴⁸ motor traffic was again allowed on the bridge starting on May 12, 1925.³⁴⁹³⁵⁰

As part of an experiment, starting in November 1946, the Manhattan-bound roadway carried Brooklyn-bound traffic during the evening rush hours. The experiment ended after two months due to complaints about congestion.³⁵¹

Mid- to late 20th century

Upgrades

The first major upgrade to the Brooklyn Bridge commenced in 1948, when a contract to entirely reconstruct the approach ramps was awarded to David B. Steinman.³⁵²³⁵³ The renovation was expected to double the capacity of the bridge's roadways to nearly 6,000 cars per hour,³⁵⁴ at a projected cost of $7 million.³⁵⁵ The renovation included the demolition of both the elevated and the trolley tracks on the roadways, the removal of trusses separating the inner elevated tracks from the existing vehicle lanes and the widening of each roadway from two to three lanes,³⁵⁶³⁵⁷ as well as the construction of a new steel-and-concrete floor.³⁵⁸ In addition, new ramps were added to Adams Street, Cadman Plaza, and the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) on the Brooklyn side, and to Park Row on the Manhattan side.³⁵⁹ The bridge was briefly closed to all traffic for the first time ever in January 1950,³⁶⁰ and the trolley tracks closed that March to allow the widening work to occur.³⁶¹³⁶² During the construction project, one roadway at a time was closed, allowing reduced traffic flows to cross the bridge in one direction only.³⁶³

The widened south roadway was completed in May 1951,³⁶⁴ followed by the north roadway in October 1953.³⁶⁵ The restoration was finished in May 1954 with the completion of the reconstructed elevated promenade.³⁶⁶³⁶⁷ While the rebuilding of the span was ongoing, a fallout shelter was constructed beneath the Manhattan approach in anticipation of the Cold War. The abandoned space in one of the masonry arches was stocked with emergency survival supplies for a potential nuclear attack by the Soviet Union; these supplies remained in place half a century later.³⁶⁸ In addition, defensive barriers were added to the bridge as a safeguard against sabotage.³⁶⁹

Simultaneous with the rebuilding of the Brooklyn Bridge, a double-decked viaduct for the BQE was being built through an existing steel overpass of the bridge's Brooklyn approach ramp.³⁷⁰ The segment of the BQE from Brooklyn Bridge south to Atlantic Avenue opened in June 1954,³⁷¹ but the direct ramp from the northbound BQE to the Manhattan-bound Brooklyn Bridge did not open until 1959.³⁷² The city also widened the Adams Street approach in Brooklyn, between the bridge and Fulton Street, from 60 to 160 feet (18 to 49 m) between 1954 and 1955.³⁷³³⁷⁴ Subsequently, Boerum Place from Fulton Street south to Atlantic Avenue was also widened.³⁷⁵ This required the demolition of the old Kings County courthouse.³⁷⁶ The towers were cleaned in 1958³⁷⁷ and the Brooklyn anchorage was repaired the next year.³⁷⁸

On the Manhattan side, the city approved a controversial rebuilding of the Manhattan entrance plaza in 1953. The project, which would add a grade-separated junction over Park Row, was hotly contested because it would require the demolition of 21 structures, including the old New York World Building.³⁷⁹ The reconstruction also necessitated the relocation of 410 families on Park Row.³⁸⁰ In December 1956, the city started a two-year renovation of the plaza. This required the closure of one roadway at a time, as was done during the rebuilding of the bridge itself.³⁸¹ Work on redeveloping the area around the Manhattan approach started in the mid-1960s.³⁸² At the same time, plans were announced for direct ramps to the elevated FDR Drive to alleviate congestion at the approach.³⁸³ The ramp from FDR Drive to the Brooklyn Bridge was opened in 1968,³⁸⁴ followed by the ramp from the bridge to FDR Drive the next year.³⁸⁵ A single ramp from the Manhattan-bound Brooklyn Bridge to northbound Park Row was constructed in 1970.³⁸⁶ A repainting of the bridge was announced two years later in advance of its 90th anniversary.³⁸⁷

Deterioration and late-20th century repair

The Brooklyn Bridge gradually deteriorated due to age and neglect. While it had 200 full-time dedicated maintenance workers before World War II, that number dropped to five by the late 20th century, and the city as a whole only had 160 bridge maintenance workers.³⁸⁸ In 1974, heavy vehicles such as vans and buses were banned from the bridge to prevent further erosion of the concrete roadway.³⁸⁹ A report in The New York Times four years later noted that the cables were visibly fraying and the pedestrian promenade had holes in it.³⁹⁰ The city began planning to replace all the Brooklyn Bridge's cables at a cost of $115 million, as part of a larger project to renovate the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, and Queensboro bridges.³⁹¹ By 1980, the Brooklyn Bridge was in such dire condition that it faced imminent closure. In some places, half of the strands in the cables were broken.³⁹²

In June 1981, two of the diagonal stay cables snapped,³⁹³ killing a pedestrian.³⁹⁴³⁹⁵ Subsequently, the anchorages were found to have developed rust,³⁹⁶ and an emergency cable repair was necessitated less than a month later after another cable developed slack.³⁹⁷ Following the incident, the city accelerated the timetable of its proposed cable replacement,³⁹⁸ and it commenced a $153 million rehabilitation of the Brooklyn Bridge in advance of the 100th anniversary. As part of the project, the bridge's original suspender cables installed by J. Lloyd Haigh were replaced by Bethlehem Steel in 1986, marking the cables' first replacement since construction.³⁹⁹⁴⁰⁰ In addition, the staircase at Washington Street in Brooklyn was renovated,⁴⁰¹ the stairs from Tillary and Adams Streets were replaced with a ramp, and the short flights of steps from the promenade to each tower's balcony were removed.⁴⁰² In a smaller project, the bridge was floodlit at night starting in 1982 to highlight its architectural features.⁴⁰³

Additional problems persisted, and in 1993, high levels of lead were discovered near the bridge's towers.⁴⁰⁴ Further emergency repairs were undertaken in mid-1999 after small concrete shards began falling from the bridge into the East River. The concrete deck had been installed during the 1950s renovations and had a lifespan of about 60 years.⁴⁰⁵⁴⁰⁶ The Park Row exit from the bridge's westbound lanes was closed as a safety measure after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the nearby World Trade Center. That section of Park Row had been closed off since it ran right underneath 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the New York City Police Department (NYPD).⁴⁰⁷ In early 2003, to save money on electricity, the NYCDOT turned off the bridge's "necklace lights" at night.⁴⁰⁸ They were turned back on later that year after several private entities made donations to fund the lights.⁴⁰⁹

21st century

In 2004, before renovationRenovation in progressIn 2022, after renovation

After the 2007 collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, public attention focused on the condition of bridges across the U.S. The New York Times reported that the Brooklyn Bridge approach ramps had received a "poor" rating during an inspection in 2007.⁴¹⁰ However, a NYCDOT spokesman said that the poor rating did not indicate a dangerous state but rather implied it required renovation.⁴¹¹ In 2010, the NYCDOT began renovating the approaches and deck, as well as repainting the suspension span.⁴¹²⁴¹³ Work included widening two approach ramps from one to two lanes by re-striping a new prefabricated ramp; raising clearance over the eastbound BQE at York Street; seismic retrofitting; replacement of rusted railings and safety barriers; and road deck resurfacing.⁴¹⁴ The work necessitated detours for four years.⁴¹⁵ At the time, the project was scheduled to be completed in 2014;⁴¹⁶ but completion was later delayed to 2015,⁴¹⁷ then again to 2017.⁴¹⁸ The project's cost also increased from $508 million in 2010⁴¹⁹ to $811 million in 2016.⁴²⁰

In August 2016, the NYCDOT announced that it would conduct a seven-month, $370,000 study to verify if the bridge could support a heavier upper deck that consisted of an expanded bicycle and pedestrian path. By then, about 10,000 pedestrians and 3,500 cyclists used the pathway on an average weekday.⁴²¹ Work on the pedestrian entrance on the Brooklyn side was underway by 2017.⁴²² The NYCDOT also indicated in 2016 that it planned to reinforce the Brooklyn Bridge's foundations to prevent it from sinking, as well as repair the masonry arches on the approach ramps, which had been damaged by Hurricane Sandy four years earlier.⁴²³ In July 2018, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a further renovation of the Brooklyn Bridge's suspension towers and approach ramps.⁴²⁴ That December, the federal government gave the city $25 million in funding, which would pay for a $337 million rehabilitation of the bridge approaches and the suspension towers.⁴²⁵ Work started in late 2019 and was scheduled to be completed in four years.⁴²⁶ This restoration included removing bricks from the arches and putting fresh concrete behind them, using mortar from the same upstate quarries as the original mortar. The granite arches were also cleaned, revealing the original gray color of the stone, which had long been hidden by grime.⁴²⁷ Additionally, 56 LED lamps were installed on the bridge at a cost of $2.4 million.⁴²⁸

In early 2020, City Council speaker Corey Johnson and the nonprofit Van Alen Institute hosted an international contest to solicit plans for the redesign of the bridge's walkway.⁴²⁹⁴³⁰ Ultimately, in January 2021, the city decided to install a two-way protected bike path on the Manhattan-bound roadway, replacing the leftmost vehicular lane. The bike lane would allow the existing promenade to be used exclusively by pedestrians.⁴³¹⁴³² Work on the bike lane started in June 2021,⁴³³⁴³⁴ and the new path was completed on September 14, 2021.⁴³⁵ Despite the addition of the bike path, the bridge's walkway was still frequently overcrowded,⁴³⁶ prompting the city to propose that street vendors be banned from the bridge and others citywide.⁴³⁷ All vendors were banned from the bridge in January 2024,⁴³⁸ and the same month, the bridge's new LED lights were illuminated for the first time.⁴³⁹ The National Transportation Safety Board recommended in early 2025 that the bridge undergo a structural vulnerability assessment, following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Maryland the previous year.⁴⁴⁰

Usage

Vehicular traffic

Horse-drawn carriages have been allowed to use the Brooklyn Bridge's roadways since its opening. Originally, each of the two roadways carried two lanes of a different direction of traffic.⁴⁴¹ The lanes were relatively narrow at only 8 feet (2.4 m) wide.⁴⁴² In July 1922, motor vehicles were banned from the bridge;⁴⁴³ the ban lasted until May 1925.⁴⁴⁴⁴⁴⁵

After 1950, the main roadway carried six lanes of automobile traffic, three in each direction.⁴⁴⁶ It was then reduced to five lanes with the addition of a two-way bike lane on the Manhattan-bound side in 2021.⁴⁴⁷⁴⁴⁸ Because of the roadway's posted height restriction of 11 ft (3.4 m) and weight restriction of 6,000 lb (2,700 kg), commercial vehicles and buses are prohibited from using the Brooklyn Bridge.⁴⁴⁹ The weight restrictions prohibit heavy passenger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs from using the bridge, though this is not often enforced in practice.⁴⁵⁰

On the Brooklyn side, vehicles can enter the bridge from Tillary/Adams Streets to the south, Sands/Pearl Streets to the west, and exit 28B of the eastbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. In Manhattan, cars can enter from both the northbound and southbound FDR Drive, as well as Park Row to the west, Chambers/Centre Streets to the north, and Pearl Street to the south.⁴⁵¹ However, the exit from the bridge to northbound Park Row was closed after the September 11 attacks because of increased security concerns: that section of Park Row ran under One Police Plaza, the NYPD headquarters.⁴⁵²

Exit list

Vehicular access to the bridge is provided by a complex series of ramps on both sides of the bridge. There are two entrances to the bridge's pedestrian promenade on either side.⁴⁵³ The current configuration, including the closed ramp from the bridge to the northbound Park Row, was constructed from the mid-1950s until the early 1970s.⁴⁵⁴

All exits are unnumbered.

Borough	Location	mi455	km	Destinations	Notes
Brooklyn	Brooklyn Heights	0.0	0.0	Tillary Street / Adams Street south	Pedestrian and bicycle path
		0.4	0.64	I-278 east (Brooklyn–Queens Expressway)	Northbound entrance only; exit 28B on I-278
				Cadman Plaza West to I-278 (Brooklyn–Queens Expressway)	Southbound exit only; access to I-278 via Old Fulton/Prospect Streets
East River		0.7–1.0	1.1–1.6	Suspension span
Manhattan	Financial District	1.2	1.9	Park Row north	Northbound exit only; closed to regular traffic since the September 11 terrorist attacks456
		1.3	2.1	FDR Drive / Pearl Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 2 on FDR Drive
		1.4	2.3	Park Row south	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; pedestrian staircase
		1.5	2.4	Chambers Street / Centre Street to NY 9A (West Street) / Church Street	Pedestrian and bicycle path
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access

Rail traffic

Formerly, rail traffic operated on the Brooklyn Bridge as well. Cable cars and elevated railroads used the bridge until 1944, while trolleys ran until 1950.⁴⁵⁷⁴⁵⁸

Cable cars and elevated railroads

The New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway, a cable car service, began operating on September 25, 1883; it ran on the inner lanes of the bridge, between terminals at the Manhattan and Brooklyn ends.⁴⁵⁹⁴⁶⁰ Since Washington Roebling believed that steam locomotives would put excessive loads upon the structure of the Brooklyn Bridge, the cable car line was designed as a steam/cable-hauled hybrid. They were powered from a generating station under the Brooklyn approach. The cable cars could not only regulate their speed on the 3+3⁄4% upward and downward approaches, but also maintain a constant interval between each other. There were 24 cable cars in total.⁴⁶¹

Initially, the service ran with single-car trains, but patronage soon grew so much that by October 1883, two-car trains were in use. The line carried three million people in the first six months, nine million in 1884, and nearly 20 million in 1885 following the opening of the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad. Accordingly, the track layout was rearranged and more trains were ordered.⁴⁶²⁴⁶³ At the same time, there were highly controversial plans to extend the elevated railroads onto the Brooklyn Bridge, under the pretext of extending the bridge itself.⁴⁶⁴ After disputes, the trustees agreed to build two elevated routes to the bridge on the Brooklyn side.⁴⁶⁵ Patronage continued to increase, and in 1888, the tracks were lengthened and even more cars were constructed to allow for four-car cable car trains.⁴⁶⁶ Electric wires for the trolleys were added by 1895, allowing for the potential future decommissioning of the steam/cable system.⁴⁶⁷ The terminals were rebuilt once more in July 1895, and, following the implementation of new electric cars in late 1896, the steam engines were dismantled and sold.⁴⁶⁸

Following the unification of the cities of New York and Brooklyn in 1898, the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway ceased to be a separate entity that June and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) assumed control of the line. The BRT started running through-services of elevated trains, which ran from Park Row Terminal in Manhattan to points in Brooklyn via the Sands Street station on the Brooklyn side. Before reaching Sands Street (at Tillary Street for Fulton Street Line trains, and at Bridge Street for Fifth Avenue Line and Myrtle Avenue Line trains), elevated trains bound for Manhattan were uncoupled from their steam locomotives. The elevated trains were then coupled to the cable cars, which would pull the passenger carriages across the bridge.⁴⁶⁹

The BRT did not run any elevated train through services from 1899 to 1901. Due to increased patronage after the opening of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)'s first subway line, the Park Row station was rebuilt in 1906.⁴⁷⁰ In the early 20th century, there were plans for Brooklyn Bridge elevated trains to run underground to the BRT's proposed Chambers Street station in Manhattan,⁴⁷¹ though the connection was never opened.⁴⁷²⁴⁷³ The overpass across William Street was closed in 1913 to make way for the proposed connection. In 1929, the overpass was reopened after it became clear that the connection would not be built.⁴⁷⁴

After the IRT's Joralemon Street Tunnel and the Williamsburg Bridge tracks opened in 1908, the Brooklyn Bridge no longer held a monopoly on rail service between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and cable service ceased.⁴⁷⁵ New subway lines from the IRT and from the BRT's successor Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), built in the 1910s and 1920s, posed significant competition to the Brooklyn Bridge rail services. With the opening of the Independent Subway System in 1932 and the subsequent unification of all three companies into a single entity in 1940, the elevated services started to decline, and the Park Row and Sands Street stations were greatly reduced in size. The Fifth Avenue and Fulton Street services across the Brooklyn Bridge were discontinued in 1940 and 1941 respectively, and the elevated tracks were abandoned permanently with the withdrawal of Myrtle Avenue services in 1944.⁴⁷⁶

Trolleys

See also: Brooklyn Bridge trolleys

A plan for trolley service across the Brooklyn Bridge was presented in 1895.⁴⁷⁷ Two years later, the Brooklyn Bridge trustees agreed to a plan where trolleys could run across the bridge under ten-year contracts.⁴⁷⁸ Trolley service, which began in 1898, ran on what are now the two middle lanes of each roadway (shared with other traffic).⁴⁷⁹⁴⁸⁰ Brooklyn Bridge Local trolley service between the two ends of the bridge was introduced in January 1908.⁴⁸¹⁴⁸² The cable cars were discontinued immediately afterward, and the shuttle was also eliminated.⁴⁸³ After cable service was withdrawn, the trolley tracks on the Brooklyn side were rebuilt to alleviate congestion.⁴⁸⁴ Trolley service on the middle lanes continued until the elevated lines stopped using the bridge in 1944, when they moved to the protected center tracks. On March 5, 1950, the streetcars also stopped running, and the bridge was redesigned exclusively for automobile traffic.⁴⁸⁵⁴⁸⁶

Walkway

The Brooklyn Bridge has an elevated promenade open to pedestrians in the center of the bridge, located 18 feet (5.5 m) above the automobile lanes.⁴⁸⁷ The promenade is usually located 4 feet (1.2 m) below the height of the girders, except at the approach ramps leading to each tower's balcony.⁴⁸⁸ The path is generally 10 to 17 feet (3.0 to 5.2 m) wide,⁴⁸⁹⁴⁹⁰ though this is constrained by obstacles such as protruding cables, benches, and stairways, which create "pinch points" at certain locations.⁴⁹¹ The path narrows to 10 feet (3.0 m) at the locations where the main cables descend to the level of the promenade. Further exacerbating the situation, these "pinch points" are some of the most popular places to take pictures.⁴⁹² As a result, in 2016, the NYCDOT announced that it planned to double the promenade's width.⁴⁹³⁴⁹⁴

A center line was painted to separate cyclists from pedestrians in 1971, creating one of the city's first dedicated bike lanes.⁴⁹⁵ Initially, the northern side of the promenade was used by pedestrians and the southern side by cyclists. In 2000, these were swapped, with cyclists taking the northern side and pedestrians taking the southern side.⁴⁹⁶ On September 14, 2021, the NYCDOT closed off the left-side car lane on the Manhattan-bound side with protective barriers and fencing to create a new bike path, and cyclists were banned from the upper pedestrian lane.⁴⁹⁷

Pedestrian access to the bridge from the Brooklyn side is from either the median of Adams Street at its intersection with Tillary Street or a staircase near Prospect Street between Cadman Plaza East and West. In Manhattan, the pedestrian walkway is accessible from crosswalks at the intersection of the bridge and Centre Street, or through a staircase leading to Park Row.⁴⁹⁸⁴⁹⁹

Emergency use

While the bridge has always permitted the passage of pedestrians, the promenade facilitates movement when other means of crossing the East River have become unavailable. During transit strikes by the Transport Workers Union in 1980 and 2005, people commuting to work used the bridge; they were joined by Mayors Ed Koch and Michael Bloomberg, who crossed as a gesture to the affected public.⁵⁰⁰⁵⁰¹ Pedestrians also walked across the bridge as an alternative to suspended subway services following the 1965,⁵⁰² 1977,⁵⁰³ and 2003 blackouts,⁵⁰⁴ and after the September 11 attacks.⁵⁰⁵

During the 2003 blackouts, many crossing the bridge reported a swaying motion.⁵⁰⁶ The higher-than-usual pedestrian load caused this swaying, which was amplified by the tendency of pedestrians to synchronize their footfalls with a sway.⁵⁰⁷ Several engineers expressed concern about how this would affect the bridge, although others noted that the bridge did withstand the event and that the redundancies in its design—the inclusion of the three support systems (suspension system, diagonal stay system, and stiffening truss)—make it "probably the best secured bridge against such movements going out of control".⁵⁰⁸ In designing the bridge, John Roebling had stated that the bridge would sag but not fall, even if one of these structural systems were to fail altogether.⁵⁰⁹

Panorama of Brooklyn Bridge, with the Manhattan Bridge behind it, and the Williamsburg Bridge visible farther in the background

Tolls

Further information: Congestion pricing in New York City § Tolls

The Brooklyn Bridge was initially a toll bridge. Though carriages and cable-car customers had paid tolls ever since the bridge's opening, pedestrians were spared from the tolls originally.⁵¹⁰ By the first decade of the 20th century, pedestrians were also paying tolls.⁵¹¹ Tolls on all four bridges across the East River—the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as the Manhattan, Williamsburg, and Queensboro bridges to the north—were abolished in July 1911 as part of a populist policy initiative headed by New York City mayor William Jay Gaynor.⁵¹²⁵¹³

In 1970, the federal government enacted the Clean Air Act, a series of federal air pollution regulations.⁵¹⁴ As part of a plan by mayor John Lindsay and the federal Environmental Protection Agency,⁵¹⁵ the city government considered implementing tolls on the four free East River bridges, including the Brooklyn Bridge, in the early 1970s.⁵¹⁶⁵¹⁷ The plan would have raised money for New York City's transit system⁵¹⁸ and allowed the city to meet the Clean Air Act.⁵¹⁹ Abraham Beame, who became mayor in 1974, refused to implement the tolls,⁵²⁰ and the United States Congress subsequently moved to forbid tolls on the free East River bridges.⁵²¹ The United States Department of Transportation determined that several of these bridges were built partially with federal funds and, under federal law, could not be tolled.⁵²²

A plan for congestion pricing in New York City was approved in mid-2023,⁵²³ allowing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to toll drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street.⁵²⁴ Congestion pricing was implemented in January 2025.⁵²⁵ Most traffic between the Brooklyn Bridge and FDR Drive is exempt from the toll, but all other Manhattan-bound drivers pay a toll, which varies based on the time of day. Although no toll is charged upon exiting the congestion zone, Brooklyn-bound drivers must pay a toll to access streets leading to the bridge, unless they use the FDR Drive.⁵²⁶⁵²⁷

Notable events

Stunts

There have been several notable jumpers from the Brooklyn Bridge. The first person was Robert Emmet Odlum, brother of women's rights activist Charlotte Odlum Smith, on May 19, 1885.⁵²⁸⁵²⁹ He struck the water at an angle and died shortly afterwards from internal injuries.⁵³⁰ Steve Brodie supposedly dropped from underneath the bridge in July 1886 and was briefly arrested for it, though there is some doubt about whether he actually jumped.⁵³¹⁵³² Larry Donovan made a slightly higher jump from the railing a month afterward.⁵³³ The first known person to jump from the bridge with the intention of suicide was Francis McCarey in 1892.⁵³⁴ A lesser known early jumper was James Duffy of County Cavan, Ireland, who on April 15, 1895, asked several men to watch him jump from the bridge. Duffy jumped and was not seen again.⁵³⁵ Additionally, the cartoonist Otto Eppers jumped and survived in 1910, and was then tried and acquitted for attempted suicide.⁵³⁶ The Brooklyn Bridge has since developed a reputation as a suicide bridge due to the number of jumpers who do so intending to kill themselves, though exact statistics are difficult to find.⁵³⁷

Other notable feats have taken place on or near the bridge. In 1919, Giorgio Pessi piloted what was then one of the world's largest airplanes, the Caproni Ca.5, under the bridge.⁵³⁸ In 1993, bridge jumper Thierry Devaux illegally performed eight acrobatic bungee jumps above the East River close to the Brooklyn tower.⁵³⁹

Crimes and terrorism

On March 1, 1994, Lebanese-born Rashid Baz opened fire on a van carrying members of the Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox Jewish Movement, striking 16-year-old student Ari Halberstam and three others traveling on the bridge.⁵⁴⁰ Halberstam died five days later from his wounds, and Baz was later convicted of murder. He was apparently acting out of revenge for the Hebron massacre of Palestinian Muslims a few days prior to the incident.⁵⁴¹ After initially classifying the killing as one committed out of road rage, the Justice Department reclassified the case in 2000 as a terrorist attack.⁵⁴² The entrance ramp to the bridge on the Manhattan side was dedicated as the Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp in 1995.⁵⁴³⁵⁴⁴

Several potential attacks or disasters have also been averted. In 1979, police disarmed a stick of dynamite placed under the Brooklyn approach,⁵⁴⁵ and an artist in Manhattan was arrested that year after another bombing attempt.⁵⁴⁶ In 2003, truck driver Iyman Faris was sentenced to about 20 years in prison for providing material support to Al-Qaeda, after an earlier plot to destroy the bridge by cutting through its support wires with blowtorches was thwarted.⁵⁴⁷

Arrests

At 9:00 a.m. on May 19, 1977, artist Jack Bashkow climbed one of the towers for Bridging, a "media sculpture" by the performance group Art Corporation of America Inc. Seven artists climbed the largest bridges connected to Manhattan "to replace violence and fear in mass media for one day". When each of the artists had reached the tops of the bridges, they ignited bright-yellow flares at the same moment, resulting in rush hour traffic disruption, media attention, and the arrest of the climbers, though the charges were later dropped. Called "the first social-sculpture to use mass-media as art" by conceptual artist Joseph Beuys,⁵⁴⁸ the event was on the cover of the New York Post, received international attention, and received ABC Eyewitness News' 1977 Best News of the Year award.⁵⁴⁹ John Halpern documented the incident in the film Bridging, 1977. Halpern attempted another "bridging" "social sculpture" in 1979, when he planted a radio receiver, gunpowder and fireworks in a bucket atop one of the towers.⁵⁵⁰ The piece was later discovered by police, leading to his arrest for possessing a bomb.⁵⁵¹

On October 1, 2011, more than 700 protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement were arrested while attempting to march across the bridge on the roadway.⁵⁵² Protesters disputed the police account of the events and claimed that the arrests were the result of being trapped on the bridge by the NYPD.⁵⁵³ The majority of the arrests were subsequently dismissed.⁵⁵⁴

On July 22, 2014, the two American flags on the flagpoles atop each tower were found to have been replaced by bleached-white American flags.⁵⁵⁵⁵⁵⁶ Initially, cannabis activism was suspected as a motive,⁵⁵⁷⁵⁵⁸ but on August 12, 2014, two Berlin artists claimed responsibility for hoisting the two white flags, having switched out the original flags with their replicas. The artists said that the flags were meant to celebrate "the beauty of public space" and the anniversary of the death of German-born John Roebling, and they denied that it was an "anti-American statement".^559560561

Anniversary celebrations

The 50th-anniversary celebrations on May 24, 1933, included a ceremony featuring an airplane show, ships, and fireworks,⁵⁶² as well as a banquet.⁵⁶³ During the centennial celebrations on May 24, 1983, a flotilla of ships visited the harbor, officials held parades,⁵⁶⁴⁵⁶⁵ and Grucci Fireworks held a fireworks display that evening.⁵⁶⁶⁵⁶⁷ For the centennial, the Brooklyn Museum exhibited a selection of the original drawings made for the bridge's construction, including those by Washington Roebling.⁵⁶⁸ Media coverage of the centennial was declared "the public relations triumph of 1983" by Inc.⁵⁶⁹

The 125th anniversary of the bridge's opening was celebrated by a five-day event on May 22–26, 2008, which included a live performance by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, a special lighting of the bridge's towers, and a fireworks display.⁵⁷⁰ Other events included a film series, historical walking tours, information tents, a series of lectures and readings, a bicycle tour of Brooklyn, a miniature golf course featuring Brooklyn icons, and other musical and dance performances.⁵⁷¹ Just before the anniversary celebrations, artist Paul St George installed the Telectroscope, a video link on the Brooklyn side of the bridge that connected to a matching device on London's Tower Bridge.⁵⁷² A renovated pedestrian connection to Dumbo, Brooklyn, was also reopened before the anniversary celebrations.⁵⁷³

Impact

At the time of construction, contemporaries marveled at what technology was capable of, and the bridge became a symbol of the era's optimism. John Perry Barlow wrote in the late 20th century of the "literal and genuinely religious leap of faith" embodied in the bridge's construction, saying that the "Brooklyn Bridge required of its builders faith in their ability to control technology".⁵⁷⁴

Historical designations and plaques

The Brooklyn Bridge has been listed as a National Historic Landmark since January 29, 1964,^575576577 and was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.⁵⁷⁸ The bridge has also been a New York City designated landmark since August 24, 1967,⁵⁷⁹ and was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.⁵⁸⁰ In addition, it was placed on UNESCO's list of tentative World Heritage Sites in 2017.⁵⁸¹

A bronze plaque is attached to the Manhattan anchorage, which was constructed on the site of the Samuel Osgood House at 1 Cherry Street in Manhattan. Named after Samuel Osgood, a Massachusetts politician and lawyer, it was built in 1770 and served as the first U.S. presidential mansion.⁵⁸² The Osgood House was demolished in 1856.⁵⁸³

Another plaque on the Manhattan side of the pedestrian promenade, installed by the city in 1975, indicates the bridge's status as a city landmark.⁵⁸⁴⁵⁸⁵

Culture

The Brooklyn Bridge has had an impact on idiomatic American English. For example, references to "selling the Brooklyn Bridge" are frequent in American culture, sometimes presented as a historical reality but more often as an expression meaning an idea that strains credulity. George C. Parker and William McCloundy were two early 20th-century con men who may have perpetrated this scam successfully, particularly on new immigrants,⁵⁸⁶ although the author of The Brooklyn Bridge: A Cultural History wrote, "No evidence exists that the bridge has ever been sold to a 'gullible outlander'".⁵⁸⁷

As a tourist attraction, the Brooklyn Bridge is a popular site for clusters of love locks, wherein a couple inscribes a date and their initials onto a lock, attach it to the bridge, and throw the key into the water as a sign of their love. The practice is illegal in New York City and the NYPD can give violators a $100 fine. NYCDOT workers periodically remove the love locks from the bridge at a cost of $100,000 per year.^588589590

To highlight the Brooklyn Bridge's cultural status, the city proposed building a Brooklyn Bridge museum near the bridge's Brooklyn end in the 1970s.⁵⁹¹ Though the museum was ultimately not constructed, as many as 10,000 drawings and documents relating to it were found in a carpenter shop in Williamsburg in 1976.⁵⁹² These documents were given to the New York City Municipal Archives, where they are normally located,⁵⁹³ though a selection of them were displayed at the Whitney Museum of American Art when they were discovered.⁵⁹⁴

Media

The bridge is often featured in wide shots of the New York City skyline in television and film and has been depicted in numerous works of art.⁵⁹⁵ Fictional works have used the Brooklyn Bridge as a setting; for instance, the dedication of a portion of the bridge, and the bridge itself, were key components in the 2001 film Kate & Leopold.⁵⁹⁶ Furthermore, the Brooklyn Bridge has also served as an icon of America, with mentions in numerous songs, books, and poems.⁵⁹⁷ Among the most notable of these works is that of American Modernist poet Hart Crane, who used the Brooklyn Bridge as a central metaphor and organizing structure for his second book of poetry, The Bridge (1930).⁵⁹⁸⁵⁹⁹

The Brooklyn Bridge has also been lauded for its architecture. One of the first positive reviews was "The Bridge As A Monument", a Harper's Weekly piece written by architecture critic Montgomery Schuyler and published a week after the bridge's opening. In the piece, Schuyler wrote: "It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, not a palace, but a bridge."⁶⁰⁰ Architecture critic Lewis Mumford cited the piece as the impetus for serious architectural criticism in the U.S.⁶⁰¹ He wrote that in the 1920s the bridge was a source of "joy and inspiration" in his childhood,⁶⁰² and that it was a profound influence in his adolescence.⁶⁰³ Later critics would regard the Brooklyn Bridge as a work of art, as opposed to an engineering feat or a means of transport.⁶⁰⁴ Not all critics appreciated the bridge, however. Henry James, writing in the early 20th century, cited the bridge as an ominous symbol of the city's transformation into a "steel-souled machine room".⁶⁰⁵⁶⁰⁶

The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge is detailed in numerous media sources, including David McCullough's 1972 book The Great Bridge⁶⁰⁷ and Ken Burns's 1981 documentary Brooklyn Bridge.⁶⁰⁸ It is also described in Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, a BBC docudrama series with an accompanying book,⁶⁰⁹ as well as Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge, a biography published in 2017.⁶¹⁰

The Brooklyn Bridge with Manhattan in the background, seen at daytime from Brooklyn in 2017 The same view at night in 2008 A comparison of the side elevation of the Brooklyn Bridge to the side elevations of some of the most notable bridges around the world on the same scale (click for interactive version)

See also

• Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Brooklyn Bridge trolleys
• List of bridges and tunnels in New York City
• List of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York
• List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City
• List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street
• List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn
• List of tallest structures built before the 20th century
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooklyn

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

• Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher.
• Cudahy, Brian J. (2009). How We Got to Coney Island. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2211-7.
• "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2016.
• "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade Recommendation Report" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. December 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 1, 2018.
• Cadbury, Deborah (2005). Dreams of iron and steel : seven wonders of the Nineteenth Century, from the building of the London sewers to the Panama Canal. Perennial. ISBN 978-0-00-716307-6. OCLC 57710987.
• Haw, Richard (2005). The Brooklyn Bridge : a cultural history. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3587-6. OCLC 56526458.
• Haw, Richard (2008). Art of the Brooklyn Bridge : a visual history. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-95386-3. OCLC 123391052.
• Hewitt, Abram S (1965) [1937]. "The Meaning of Brooklyn Bridge: Speech at the Opening of Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883" (PDF). In Nevins, Allan (ed.). Selected writings, with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler. Kennikat Press. pp. 295–311. OCLC 264897. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2018.
• Kingsley, William C.; Low, William Seth; Edson, Franklin (1883). Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883. Press of the Brooklyn Eagle job printing Dept.
• McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1.
• Morris, John G. (May 1983). "The Wonderful Brooklyn Bridge". National Geographic. Vol. 163, no. 5. pp. 565–579. ISSN 0027-9358. OCLC 643483454.
• "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966.
• Odlum, Catherine (1885). The Life and Times of Prof Robert Emmet Odlum. Gray & Clarkson.
• Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182.
• Stern, John; Wilson, Carrie (2003). The Brooklyn Bridge: A Study in Greatness (PDF). Aesthetic Realism Looks at NYC. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 3, 2015.
• Strogatz, Steven H. (2003). Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order. Hyperion Books. ISBN 978-0-7868-6844-5.
• Strogatz, Steven H.; Abrams, Daniel M.; McRobie, Allan; Eckhardt, Bruno & Ott, Edward (2005). "Theoretical mechanics: Crowd synchrony on the Millennium Bridge". Nature. Vol. 438, no. 7064. pp. 43–44. Bibcode:2005Natur.438...43S. doi:10.1038/438043a. PMID 16267545. S2CID 4427260.
• Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018.
• Trachtenberg, Alan (1965). Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-81115-8.
• Wagner, Erica (2017). Chief engineer : Washington Roebling : the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62040-051-7. OCLC 957022408.

External links

• Brooklyn Bridge – New York City Department of Transportation
• Brooklyn Bridge at Structurae
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-18, "Brooklyn Bridge", 77 photos, 8 color transparencies, 1 measured drawing, 8 data pages, 9 photo caption pages
• Brooklyn Bridge Archived September 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine at Historical Marker Database
• Brooklyn Bridge collected news and commentary at The New York Times

Wikisource items:

•  "Constructive Elements of the East River Bridge" in Popular Science Monthly Volume 23, July 1883
•  "The Great Bridge and its Lessons" in Popular Science Monthly Volume 23, July 1883

References

1. Sharif, Mo (December 19, 1903). "Protecting New York City's Bridge Assets". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved January 8, 2025. https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjune-2005/protecting-new-york-citys-bridge-assets ↩

2. Talbot 2011, p. 1. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

3. Together with the Clifton Suspension Bridge of 1864 /wiki/Clifton_Suspension_Bridge ↩

4. "Brooklyn Bridge – History, Construction, & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Brooklyn-Bridge ↩

5. Greene, Elizabeth B. (2017). Buildings and Landmarks of 19th-Century America: American Society Revealed. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4408-3573-5. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023. 978-1-4408-3573-5 ↩

6. Saxena, Jaya (May 4, 2010). "Brooklyn Bridge Almost Painted 'Queensborough Tan'". Gothamist. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023. https://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-bridge-almost-painted-queensborough-tan ↩

7. Buiso, Gary (May 4, 2010). "City red-faced after naming Brooklyn Bridge's paint after hated Queens". Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023. https://www.brooklynpaper.com/city-red-faced-after-naming-brooklyn-bridges-paint-after-hated-queens/ ↩

8. McCullough 1972, pp. 29–31. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

9. "Brooklyn Bridge" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. August 24, 1967. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0098.pdf ↩

10. Facts on File Inc. (1914). The World Almanac & Book of Facts. Press Publishing Company (The New York World). p. 839. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=-GQ3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA839 ↩

11. Brooklyn Citizen Almanac. Brooklyn Citizen. 1893. p. 165. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=4VQ9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA165 ↩

12. Brooklyn Citizen Almanac. Brooklyn Citizen. 1893. p. 165. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=4VQ9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA165 ↩

13. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

14. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

15. McCullough 1972, pp. 29–31. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

16. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

17. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

18. "Cables Slip, But Brooklyn Bridge Is Safe". New-York Tribune. July 29, 1922. pp. 1, 3 – via newspapers.com. /wiki/New-York_Tribune ↩

19. Hewitt 1883, p. 309. - Hewitt, Abram S (1965) [1937]. "The Meaning of Brooklyn Bridge: Speech at the Opening of Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883" (PDF). In Nevins, Allan (ed.). Selected writings, with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler. Kennikat Press. pp. 295–311. OCLC 264897. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2018. http://www.digifind-it.com/njhistoricalportal/data/ringwood//Selected%20Writings%20of%20Abram%20S.%20Hewitt.pdf#page=308 ↩

20. "NOAA National Ocean Service Coast Survey Navigational Chart #12335: Hudson and East Rivers, Governors Island to 67th Street" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. October 1, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2020. https://charts.noaa.gov/PDFs/12335.pdf ↩

21. Thomson, T. Kennard (1910). "The Bridges of New York City". Engineering Magazine. No. v. 38. p. 284. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2020. https://books.google.com/books?id=t71MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA284 ↩

22. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

23. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

24. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

25. "Profiles of Daring". The Washington Post. June 23, 1981. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/06/23/profiles-of-daring/991cf10a-30db-461f-8b26-dd54e24721ce/ ↩

26. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

27. Brooke, James (March 8, 1986). "Spinning New Cables for Bridge's 2d Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/08/nyregion/spinning-new-cables-for-bridge-s-2d-century.html ↩

28. Steinman, D.B. (1922). A Practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges: Their Design, Construction and Erection. Wiley. p. 84. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://archive.org/details/apracticaltreat00steigoog ↩

29. Langmead, D. (2009). Icons of American Architecture: From the Alamo to the World Trade Center. Greenwood Icons. Greenwood Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-313-34207-3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2019. 978-0-313-34207-3 ↩

30. Farrington, E.F. (1881). Concise Description of the East River Bridge: With Full Details of Construction ... Two Lectures Delivered ... March 6 and 13, 1880. C.D. Wynkoop, Printer. pp. 25–26. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=nuu0oQEACAAJ ↩

31. Steinman, D.B. (1922). A Practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges: Their Design, Construction and Erection. Wiley. p. 84. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://archive.org/details/apracticaltreat00steigoog ↩

32. "Brooklyn Span Job Is 'Up' to Schedule'; Laying New Roadbed on Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. September 20, 1950. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/09/20/archives/brooklyn-span-job-is-up-to-schedule-laying-new-roadbed-on-brooklyn.html ↩

33. National Park Service 1966, p. 7. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

34. McCullough 1972, pp. 29–31. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

35. Mehren, E.J.; Meyer, H.C.; Wingate, C.F.; Goodell, J.M. (1889). Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer. McGraw Publishing Company. p. 105. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=JJ87AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA105 ↩

36. Langmead, D. (2009). Icons of American Architecture: From the Alamo to the World Trade Center. Greenwood Icons. Greenwood Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-313-34207-3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2019. 978-0-313-34207-3 ↩

37. Farrington, E.F. (1881). Concise Description of the East River Bridge: With Full Details of Construction ... Two Lectures Delivered ... March 6 and 13, 1880. C.D. Wynkoop, Printer. pp. 25–26. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=nuu0oQEACAAJ ↩

38. Dunlap, David W (August 16, 1985). "It's Time to Cross Some Bridges: A Guide to 4 Prominent Promenades". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/16/arts/it-s-time-to-cross-some-bridges-a-guide-to-4-prominent-promenades.html ↩

39. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade 2016, pp. 26–27. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2016. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-promenade.pdf ↩

40. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade Recommendation Report 2016, p. 10. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade Recommendation Report" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. December 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 1, 2018. https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-recommendation-report-dec2017.pdf ↩

41. Barone, Vincent (August 9, 2016). "City Considers Expansion of Brooklyn Bridge Path". am New York. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.amny.com/transit/brooklyn-bridge-pedestrian-path-expansion-explored-by-department-of-transportation-1.12151504 ↩

42. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade 2016, pp. 26–27. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2016. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-promenade.pdf ↩

43. "Obituary; Edward R. Janes". Hartford Courant. January 11, 1902. p. 5. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19800987/edward-janes-obit/ ↩

44. Comfort, Randall (1906). History of Bronx Borough, City of New York. North Side News Press. https://archive.org/details/historyofbronxbo00comf ↩

45. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

46. "Brooklyn Bridge" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. August 24, 1967. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0098.pdf ↩

47. "Brooklyn Bridge" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. June 29, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/20180710/Brooklyn%20Bridge.pdf ↩

48. McCullough 1972, pp. 330–331. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

49. Branch, John (May 13, 2010). "To Fix Bridge, Skateboard Mecca May Be Lost". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/sports/14skateboard.html ↩

50. Porter, Justin (June 24, 2005). "Under a Bridge, And on Top of the World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/nyregion/under-a-bridge-and-on-top-of-the-world.html ↩

51. Branch, John (May 13, 2010). "To Fix Bridge, Skateboard Mecca May Be Lost". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/sports/14skateboard.html ↩

52. Porter, Justin (June 24, 2005). "Under a Bridge, And on Top of the World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/nyregion/under-a-bridge-and-on-top-of-the-world.html ↩

53. "It Looks Like the Brooklyn Banks May Be Done". Skate Newswire. May 10, 2020. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020. https://skatenewswire.com/brooklyn-banks-destroyed/ ↩

54. Leland, John (July 27, 2024). "You See Rubble and Garbage. She Sees New York's Next Great Park". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/27/nyregion/gotham-park-brooklyn-bridge-rosa-chang.html ↩

55. Izzo, Christina (May 26, 2023). "The Arches, a new public park, opens beneath the Brooklyn Bridge". Time Out New York. Retrieved November 17, 2024; Shivonne, Adeja (May 24, 2023). "Brooklyn Bridge turns 140, with a new addition open to the public". FOX 5 New York. Retrieved November 17, 2024. https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-arches-a-new-public-park-opens-beneath-the-brooklyn-bridge-052623 ↩

56. Quigley, Liam (November 17, 2024). "Public space reopens beneath Brooklyn Bridge, giving Chinatown a bit more room to breathe". Gothamist. Retrieved November 17, 2024. https://gothamist.com/news/public-space-reopens-beneath-brooklyn-bridge-giving-chinatown-a-bit-more-room-to-breathe ↩

57. McCullough 1972, pp. 29–31. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

58. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

59. McCullough 1972, pp. 350–351. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

60. "About the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Sun. June 11, 1891. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33325930/ ↩

61. McCullough 1972, pp. 350–351. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

62. Brown Brothers (December 29, 1929). "A Builder Of New York And His Bridge; Washington A. Roebling, Who Erected the Brooklyn Span, Risked and Lost His Health in the Great Enterprise". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1929/12/29/archives/a-builder-of-new-york-and-his-bridge-washington-a-roebling-who.html ↩

63. Mooney, Jake (December 30, 2007). "His View From the Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/nyregion/thecity/30disp.html ↩

64. Brooke, James (March 8, 1986). "Spinning New Cables for Bridge's 2d Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/08/nyregion/spinning-new-cables-for-bridge-s-2d-century.html ↩

65. "Wire rope for bridge to be shipped". New York Daily News. November 18, 1986. p. 120. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-wire-rope-for-bridge-to-be-sh/152878759/ ↩

66. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

67. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

68. Brooke, James (March 8, 1986). "Spinning New Cables for Bridge's 2d Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/08/nyregion/spinning-new-cables-for-bridge-s-2d-century.html ↩

69. "Wire rope for bridge to be shipped". New York Daily News. November 18, 1986. p. 120. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-wire-rope-for-bridge-to-be-sh/152878759/ ↩

70. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

71. "Brooklyn Bridge Cables to Get Relief From Steel Briefly". The Morning Call. February 24, 1986. Retrieved August 8, 2024. https://www.mcall.com/1986/02/24/brooklyn-bridge-cables-to-get-relief-from-steel-briefly/ ↩

72. "Wire rope for bridge to be shipped". New York Daily News. November 18, 1986. p. 120. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-wire-rope-for-bridge-to-be-sh/152878759/ ↩

73. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

74. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

75. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

76. "About the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Sun. June 11, 1891. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33325930/ ↩

77. McCullough 1972, p. 308. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

78. National Park Service 1966, p. 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

79. The largest eyebars, which carry more stress, are located furthest away from the anchor plates. The eyebars closer to the anchor plates are progressively smaller.[39] ↩

80. McCullough 1972, pp. 330–331. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

81. Schneider, Daniel B (January 10, 1999). "F.y.i." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/nyregion/fyi-780359.html ↩

82. Jankowski, Nicole (January 30, 2017). "A Sip Of History: The Hidden Wine Cellars Under The Brooklyn Bridge". NPR.org. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/30/511204977/a-sip-of-history-the-hidden-wine-cellars-under-the-brooklyn-bridge ↩

83. Schneider, Daniel B (January 10, 1999). "F.y.i." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/nyregion/fyi-780359.html ↩

84. Chambers, Marcia (September 22, 1976). "The 'Other' Brooklyn Bridge: Spacious Offices and Labyrinthine Caves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/22/archives/the-other-brooklyn-bridge-spacious-offices-and-labyrinthine-caves.html ↩

85. Schneider, Daniel B (January 10, 1999). "F.y.i." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/nyregion/fyi-780359.html ↩

86. Chambers, Marcia (September 22, 1976). "The 'Other' Brooklyn Bridge: Spacious Offices and Labyrinthine Caves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/22/archives/the-other-brooklyn-bridge-spacious-offices-and-labyrinthine-caves.html ↩

87. Jankowski, Nicole (January 30, 2017). "A Sip Of History: The Hidden Wine Cellars Under The Brooklyn Bridge". NPR.org. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/30/511204977/a-sip-of-history-the-hidden-wine-cellars-under-the-brooklyn-bridge ↩

88. Chambers, Marcia (September 22, 1976). "The 'Other' Brooklyn Bridge: Spacious Offices and Labyrinthine Caves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/22/archives/the-other-brooklyn-bridge-spacious-offices-and-labyrinthine-caves.html ↩

89. "Notes from the Underground". New York. July 10, 1978. p. 88. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=7-ACAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88 ↩

90. Jankowski, Nicole (January 30, 2017). "A Sip Of History: The Hidden Wine Cellars Under The Brooklyn Bridge". NPR.org. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/30/511204977/a-sip-of-history-the-hidden-wine-cellars-under-the-brooklyn-bridge ↩

91. Lyons, Richard D (February 28, 1990). "Real Estate; Bridge-Vault Development Is Stalled". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/28/business/real-estate-bridge-vault-development-is-stalled.html ↩

92. Schneider, Daniel B (January 10, 1999). "F.y.i." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/nyregion/fyi-780359.html ↩

93. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

94. Facts on File Inc. (1914). The World Almanac & Book of Facts. Press Publishing Company (The New York World). p. 839. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=-GQ3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA839 ↩

95. McCullough 1972, pp. 29–31. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

96. Krattinger, William E.; Hale, Darcey; Hale, Bruce; Glenn, Morris (August 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ligonier Point Historic District" (PDF). p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2016. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12001129.pdf ↩

97. McLane, Charles B.; McLane, Carol Evarts (1997). Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast. Vol. I. Tilbury House & Island Institute. p. 134. ISBN 978-0884481850. 978-0884481850 ↩

98. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

99. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

100. Simko-Bednarski, Evan (January 11, 2024). "Brooklyn Bridge's New Bright Lights Shine on Storied NYC Landmark". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024; Beer, Isabel Song (January 12, 2024). "DOT celebrates Brooklyn Bridge 'glow up,' iconic span will be lit for first time since 1983". Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024. https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/11/brooklyn-bridges-new-bright-lights-shine-on-storied-nyc-landmark/ ↩

101. National Park Service 1966, p. 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

102. McCullough 1972, p. 564. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

103. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

104. McCullough 1972, p. 564. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

105. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

106. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

107. National Park Service 1966, pp. 2, 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

108. Davis, J.; Galland, B. (2013). Island Time: An Illustrated History of St. Simons Island, Georgia. University of Georgia Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-8203-4245-0. Retrieved February 16, 2020. 978-0-8203-4245-0 ↩

109. "Brooklyn Bridge, Part 2". Structure magazine. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.structuremag.org/?p=10604 ↩

110. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

111. National Park Service 1966, p. 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

112. "Brooklyn Bridge, Part 2". Structure magazine. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.structuremag.org/?p=10604 ↩

113. McCullough 1972, pp. 269–271. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

114. "Brooklyn's Bridge; The Mammoth Caisson for the New York Tower". New York Daily Herald. April 18, 1871. p. 13. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33000026/ ↩

115. McCullough 1972, pp. 24–25. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

116. Brown Brothers (December 29, 1929). "A Builder Of New York And His Bridge; Washington A. Roebling, Who Erected the Brooklyn Span, Risked and Lost His Health in the Great Enterprise". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1929/12/29/archives/a-builder-of-new-york-and-his-bridge-washington-a-roebling-who.html ↩

117. McCullough 1972, pp. 24–25. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

118. Brock, H. i (May 21, 1933). "Brooklyn Bridge:Fifty Vivid Years; The Historic Span Ushered in the Era of Manhattan's Ties With Neighbors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1933/05/21/archives/brooklyn-bridge-fifty-vivid-years-the-historic-span-ushered-in-the.html ↩

119. McCullough 1972, pp. 24–25. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

120. Brown Brothers (December 29, 1929). "A Builder Of New York And His Bridge; Washington A. Roebling, Who Erected the Brooklyn Span, Risked and Lost His Health in the Great Enterprise". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1929/12/29/archives/a-builder-of-new-york-and-his-bridge-washington-a-roebling-who.html ↩

121. "The Building of the Bridge; Its Cost and the Difficulties Met With-- Details of the History of a Great Engineering Triumph". The New York Times. May 24, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/05/24/archives/the-building-of-the-bridge-its-cost-and-the-difficulties-met-with.html ↩

122. "John Augustus Roebling". American Society of Civil Engineers. Archived from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2019. https://www.asce.org/about-civil-engineering/history-and-heritage/notable-civil-engineers/john-augustus-roebling ↩

123. "New-York; Affairs At The State Capital". The New York Times. April 18, 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/1867/02/15/archives/newyork-affairs-at-the-state-capital-consitutional.html ↩

124. McCullough 1972, pp. 24–25. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

125. An Act to Incorporate the New York Bridge Company, For the Purpose of Constructing and Maintaining a Bridge over the East River, Between the Cities of New York and Brooklyn. Brooklyn Savings Bank. April 16, 1867. Retrieved April 23, 2018 – via Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11290456_000 ↩

126. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Report of the Subcommittee of Fifty Important Facts and Figures The New-York And Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. April 10, 1872. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/1872/04/10/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-report-of-the-subcommittee-of-fifty-important.html ↩

127. "About the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Sun. June 11, 1891. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33325930/ ↩

128. McCullough 1972, pp. 24–25. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

129. An Act to Incorporate the New York Bridge Company, For the Purpose of Constructing and Maintaining a Bridge over the East River, Between the Cities of New York and Brooklyn. Brooklyn Savings Bank. April 16, 1867. Retrieved April 23, 2018 – via Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11290456_000 ↩

130. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Report of the Subcommittee of Fifty Important Facts and Figures The New-York And Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. April 10, 1872. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/1872/04/10/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-report-of-the-subcommittee-of-fifty-important.html ↩

131. E.P.D (January 25, 1867). "The East River Bridge". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 27, no. 22. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071019230402/https://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/ ↩

132. "The Building of the Bridge; Its Cost and the Difficulties Met With-- Details of the History of a Great Engineering Triumph". The New York Times. May 24, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/05/24/archives/the-building-of-the-bridge-its-cost-and-the-difficulties-met-with.html ↩

133. McCullough 1972, pp. 24–25. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

134. "The East River Bridge". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 10, 1867. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/4203536/ ↩

135. "Local Intelligence; The East River Bridge". The New York Times. September 11, 1867. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1867/09/11/archives/local-inteligence-the-east-river-bridge-report-of-the-engineerthe.html ↩

136. McCullough 1972, pp. 29–31. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

137. McCullough 1972, pp. 32–33. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

138. McCullough 1972, pp. 26–28. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

139. McCullough 1972, pp. 35–38. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

140. McCullough 1972, pp. 85–89. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

141. "The Accident to Mr. Roebling". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 30, 1869. p. 3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/15711246/ ↩

142. McCullough 1972, pp. 90–91. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

143. "The Building Of The Bridge; Its Cost And The Difficulties Met With". The New York Times. May 24, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/05/24/archives/the-building-of-the-bridge-its-cost-and-the-difficulties-met-with.html ↩

144. Wagner 2017, p. 15. - Wagner, Erica (2017). Chief engineer : Washington Roebling : the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62040-051-7. OCLC 957022408. https://books.google.com/books?id=O5uZDgAAQBAJ ↩

145. McCullough 1972, pp. 128–129. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

146. "Brooklyn Bridge". Historic Bridges. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020. https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=newyork/brooklyn/ ↩

147. "The Curse of the Roeblings? The Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge". Museum of the City of New York. September 11, 2012. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020. https://blog.mcny.org/2012/09/11/the-curse-of-the-roeblings-the-construction-of-the-brooklyn-bridge/ ↩

148. "About the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Sun. June 11, 1891. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33325930/ ↩

149. "Brooklyn Bridge, Part 2". Structure magazine. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.structuremag.org/?p=10604 ↩

150. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

151. "Brooklyn Bridge, Part 2". Structure magazine. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.structuremag.org/?p=10604 ↩

152. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

153. Roark, James L.; Johnson, Michael P.; Furstenburg, Francois; Cline Cohen, Patricia; Hartmann, Susan M.; Stage, Sarah; Igo, Sarah E. (2020). "Chapter 19 The City and Its Workers: 1870–1900". The American Promise: A History of the United States (Kindle). Vol. Combined Volume (Value Edition, 8th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. Kindle Locations 14108–14114. ISBN 978-1319208929. OCLC 1096495503. 978-1319208929 ↩

154. Roark, James L.; Johnson, Michael P.; Furstenburg, Francois; Cline Cohen, Patricia; Hartmann, Susan M.; Stage, Sarah; Igo, Sarah E. (2020). "Chapter 19 The City and Its Workers: 1870–1900". The American Promise: A History of the United States (Kindle). Vol. Combined Volume (Value Edition, 8th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. Kindle Locations 14108–14114. ISBN 978-1319208929. OCLC 1096495503. 978-1319208929 ↩

155. Roebling, Washington (1873). Pneumatic Tower Foundations of the East River Suspension Bridge. Averell & Peckett. pp. 46. https://archive.org/details/pneumatictowerf00roebgoog ↩

156. McCullough 1972, p. 196. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

157. McCullough 1972, p. 196. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

158. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

159. "The Caisson of the East River Bridge on Fire—The Works Damaged to the Extent of $20,000". The New York Times. December 3, 1870. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1870/12/03/archives/the-caisson-of-the-east-river-bridge-on-firethe-works-damaged-to.html ↩

160. Copage, Eric V (December 3, 1870). "Fire Under Water". New York Herald. p. 14. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32999854/ ↩

161. McCullough 1972, pp. 242–245. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

162. McCullough 1972, pp. 242–245. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

163. National Park Service 1966, p. 2. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

164. McCullough 1972, pp. 202–203. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

165. Talbot 2011, p. 3. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

166. "Brooklyn's Bridge; The Mammoth Caisson for the New York Tower". New York Daily Herald. April 18, 1871. p. 13. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33000026/ ↩

167. "Brooklyn Bridge; Launch of the Colossal Caisson for the New York Shore Tower". New York Daily Herald. May 9, 1871. p. 5. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33000245/ ↩

168. National Park Service 1966, p. 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

169. "The East River Bridge; The Caisson on the New-York Side Successfully Moved to Its Proper Position. Diplomatic Changes". The New York Times. September 12, 1871. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1871/09/12/archives/the-east-river-bridge-the-caisson-on-the-newyork-side-successfully.html ↩

170. "Brooklyn Bridge, Part 2". Structure magazine. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.structuremag.org/?p=10604 ↩

171. Roark, James L.; Johnson, Michael P.; Furstenburg, Francois; Cline Cohen, Patricia; Hartmann, Susan M.; Stage, Sarah; Igo, Sarah E. (2020). "Chapter 19 The City and Its Workers: 1870–1900". The American Promise: A History of the United States (Kindle). Vol. Combined Volume (Value Edition, 8th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. Kindle Locations 14108–14114. ISBN 978-1319208929. OCLC 1096495503. 978-1319208929 ↩

172. "Hudson River Tunnel". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016. https://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1348 ↩

173. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Its Progress—The New-York Pier-Effects Of the Compressed Air on the Workmen". The New York Times. June 24, 1872. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1872/06/24/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-its-progressthe-newyork-piereffects-of-the.html ↩

174. Smith, Andrew Heermance (1886). The Physiological, Pathological and Therapeutical Effects of Compressed Air. George S. Davis. Retrieved April 17, 2009. https://archive.org/details/physiologicalpa00smitgoog ↩

175. Acott, Chris (1999). "A Brief History of Diving and Decompression Illness". South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal. Vol. 29, no. 2. ISSN 0813-1988. OCLC 16986801. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110905152645/https://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/6004 ↩

176. National Park Service 1966, p. 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

177. National Park Service 1966, p. 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

178. McCullough 1972, p. 294. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

179. Talbot 2011, p. 3. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

180. National Park Service 1966, p. 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

181. "The Brooklyn Bridge; The Caisson Filled In". Brooklyn Union. July 17, 1872. p. 3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33024302/ ↩

182. Brown Brothers (December 29, 1929). "A Builder Of New York And His Bridge; Washington A. Roebling, Who Erected the Brooklyn Span, Risked and Lost His Health in the Great Enterprise". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1929/12/29/archives/a-builder-of-new-york-and-his-bridge-washington-a-roebling-who.html ↩

183. Butler, WP (2004). "Caisson Disease During the Construction of the Eads and Brooklyn Bridges: A Review". Undersea Hyperb Med. Vol. 31, no. 4. pp. 445–59. PMID 15686275. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110822120254/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4028 ↩

184. Roark, James L.; Johnson, Michael P.; Furstenburg, Francois; Cline Cohen, Patricia; Hartmann, Susan M.; Stage, Sarah; Igo, Sarah E. (2020). "Chapter 19 The City and Its Workers: 1870–1900". The American Promise: A History of the United States (Kindle). Vol. Combined Volume (Value Edition, 8th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. Kindle Locations 14108–14114. ISBN 978-1319208929. OCLC 1096495503. 978-1319208929 ↩

185. McCullough 1972, pp. 297–298. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

186. Talbot 2011, p. 3. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

187. "Emily Warren Roebling". American Society of Civil Engineers. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20191022233216/https://www.asce.org/templates/person-bio-detail.aspx?id=11203 ↩

188. "Mrs. Roebling's Skill; How the Wife of the Brooklyn Bridge Engineer Has Assisted Her Husband". The New York Times. May 23, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/05/23/archives/mrs-roeblings-skill-how-the-wife-of-the-brooklyn-bridge-engineer.html ↩

189. National Park Service 1966, p. 5. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

190. McCullough 1972, p. 333. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

191. McCullough 1972, p. 333. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

192. McCullough 1972, pp. 297–298. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

193. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Annual Meeting of the Company". New York Daily Herald. June 3, 1873. p. 5. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33025080/ ↩

194. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Official Statement of the Progress of the Work—The Annual Meeting". The New York Times. June 3, 1873. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1873/06/03/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-official-statement-of-the-progress-of-the.html ↩

195. "The East River Bridge; Completion of the Arches of the Brooklyn Pier the Work on the New-York Side". The New York Times. August 1, 1874. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1874/08/01/archives/the-east-river-bridge-completion-of-the-arches-of-the-brooklyn-pier.html ↩

196. "The Bridge Tower; Its Practical Completion on the Brooklyn Side To-Day". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 15, 1874. p. 3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/33024962/ ↩

197. McCullough 1972, p. 325. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

198. McCullough 1972, p. 338. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

199. McCullough 1972, pp. 335–336. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

200. Barnes 1883, p. 16. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

201. McCullough 1972, p. 307. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

202. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Work on the Anchorage Commenced". Brooklyn Times Union. January 24, 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33025518/ ↩

203. McCullough 1972, pp. 330–331. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

204. "The Bridge; Completion of the Brooklyn Anchorage". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 16, 1875. p. 4. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/33025598/ ↩

205. McCullough 1972, pp. 330–331. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

206. National Park Service 1966, p. 6. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

207. "The Towers and the Anchorages Complete, And the Cables Ready". Brooklyn Times-Union. July 24, 1876. p. 3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33026059/ ↩

208. "The Suspension Bridge; Progress of the Great Work. The Archways East and West of the Anchorage Piers the Laying of Strands of the Great Cables Demolition of Buildings in Both Cities a Doomed Church the Line of the Road Way in New-York". The New York Times. September 11, 1877. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1877/09/11/archives/the-suspension-bridge-progress-of-the-great-work-the-archways-east.html ↩

209. McCullough 1972, p. 338. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

210. "The East River Bridge; The First Wires Stretched Between the New-York And Brooklyn Towers". The New York Times. August 15, 1876. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1876/08/15/archives/the-east-river-bridge-the-first-wires-stretched-between-the-newyork.html ↩

211. "The Bridge. Some Interesting Facts About the Great Enterprise". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 11, 1876. p. 4. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/50368739/ ↩

212. McCullough 1972, p. 338. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

213. "The Bridge. Some Interesting Facts About the Great Enterprise". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 11, 1876. p. 4. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/50368739/ ↩

214. McCullough 1972, pp. 358–359. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

215. "Local Miscellany; Work on the East River Bridge. Another Wire Carried from Anchorage to Anchorage the Operation of Cutting the Lashings a Large Number of Curious Spectators Present". The New York Times. August 30, 1876. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1876/08/30/archives/local-miscellany-work-on-the-east-river-bridge-another-wire-carried.html ↩

216. McCullough 1972, p. 360. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

217. "A Ride Over East River – The Bridge Machinery Working". The New York Times. August 26, 1876. p. 8. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1876/08/26/archives/a-ride-over-east-river-the-bridge-machinery-working-the-traveler.html ↩

218. "Another Rope Across The River". New-York Tribune. August 30, 1876. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33127318/ ↩

219. "Local Miscellany; Work on the East River Bridge. Another Wire Carried from Anchorage to Anchorage the Operation of Cutting the Lashings a Large Number of Curious Spectators Present". The New York Times. August 30, 1876. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1876/08/30/archives/local-miscellany-work-on-the-east-river-bridge-another-wire-carried.html ↩

220. McCullough 1972, p. 397. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

221. "The Brooklyn Bridge: Opening Of The Bids For The Wire For The Main Cables—The Contract Not Yet Awarded". The New York Times. December 28, 1876. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1876/12/28/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-opening-of-the-bids-for-the-wire-for-the-main.html ↩

222. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

223. McCullough 1972, p. 369. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

224. McCullough 1972, p. 381. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

225. "The Brooklyn Bridge: Opening Of The Bids For The Wire For The Main Cables—The Contract Not Yet Awarded". The New York Times. December 28, 1876. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1876/12/28/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-opening-of-the-bids-for-the-wire-for-the-main.html ↩

226. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

227. McCullough 1972, p. 393. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

228. "The East River Bridge; Decision of the Trustees in Favor of the Use of Crucible Cast-Steel Cables Award of the Contract to Mr. J. Lloyd Haigh". The New York Times. January 16, 1877. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1877/01/16/archives/the-east-river-bridge-decision-of-the-trustees-in-favor-of-the-use.html ↩

229. Brooke, James (March 8, 1986). "Spinning New Cables for Bridge's 2d Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/08/nyregion/spinning-new-cables-for-bridge-s-2d-century.html ↩

230. McCullough 1972, p. 396. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

231. McCullough 1972, pp. 400–401. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

232. "The East River Bridge; Satisfactory Progress of the Work How the Wires Are Laid and the Strands Formed". The New York Times. July 7, 1877. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1877/07/07/archives/the-east-river-bridge-satisfactory-progress-of-the-work-how-the.html ↩

233. "The East River Bridge; Slow but Satisfactory Work Placing the Great Cables in Position a New Iron Staircase at the Brooklyn Tower". The New York Times. May 27, 1877. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1877/05/27/archives/the-east-river-bridge-slow-but-satisfactory-work-placing-the-great.html ↩

234. McCullough 1972, pp. 400–401. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

235. McCullough 1972, pp. 405–408. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

236. McCullough 1972, pp. 405–408. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

237. "The Bridge; Regular Monthly Meeting of the Trustees". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 2, 1877. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/33132897/ ↩

238. "The Suspension Bridge; Progress of the Great Work. The Archways East and West of the Anchorage Piers the Laying of Strands of the Great Cables Demolition of Buildings in Both Cities a Doomed Church the Line of the Road Way in New-York". The New York Times. September 11, 1877. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1877/09/11/archives/the-suspension-bridge-progress-of-the-great-work-the-archways-east.html ↩

239. "The Bridge; Regular Monthly Meeting of the Trustees". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 2, 1877. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/33132897/ ↩

240. "The Brooklyn Bridge; First Fall Meeting of the Trustees a Discussion as to the Use of Bessemer or Cast Steel for the Wire Rope". The New York Times. October 2, 1877. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1877/10/02/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-first-fall-meeting-of-the-trustees-a-discussion.html ↩

241. "Work on the East River Bridge; The Main Cables More Than Two-Thirds Completed Method of Transit and Fares a Separate Bridge Railway Favored by the Directors". The New York Times. May 21, 1878. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1878/05/21/archives/work-on-the-east-river-bridge-the-main-cables-more-than-twothirds.html ↩

242. McCullough 1972, pp. 438–440. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

243. "Killed by a Cable Strand; Fatal Crash at the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. June 15, 1878. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1878/06/15/archives/killed-by-a-cable-strand-fatal-crash-at-the-brooklyn-bridge-the.html ↩

244. "The Bridge Accident". Brooklyn Times Union. June 15, 1878. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33133201/ ↩

245. "The Brooklyn Bridge". New York Daily Herald. January 14, 1877. p. 14. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2018 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43118341/ ↩

246. McCullough, David (May 31, 2007). The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-1831-3. 978-0-7432-1831-3 ↩

247. "Monthly Meeting of the Trustees". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 12, 1877. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2018 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/19592569/brooklyn_daily_eagle_the_bridge/ ↩

248. Reier, Sharon (2012). Bridges of New York. Dover Publications. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-486-13705-6. OCLC 868273040. 978-0-486-13705-6 ↩

249. McCullough 1972, pp. 443–444, 447. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

250. McCullough 1972, pp. 443–444, 447. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

251. Mensch, B.G. (2018). In the Shadow of Genius: The Brooklyn Bridge and Its Creators. Fordham University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-8232-8105-3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2020. 978-0-8232-8105-3 ↩

252. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

253. McCullough 1972, pp. 443–444, 447. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

254. Mensch, B.G. (2018). In the Shadow of Genius: The Brooklyn Bridge and Its Creators. Fordham University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-8232-8105-3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2020. 978-0-8232-8105-3 ↩

255. Mensch, B.G. (2018). In the Shadow of Genius: The Brooklyn Bridge and Its Creators. Fordham University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-8232-8105-3. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2020. 978-0-8232-8105-3 ↩

256. By 1880, Haigh was incarcerated in Sing Sing prison for an unrelated crime.[153] /wiki/Sing_Sing ↩

257. McCullough 1972, p. 451. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

258. Talbot 2011, p. 4. - Talbot, Jim (June 2011). "The Brooklyn Bridge: First Steel-Wire Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2018. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2011/06/2011v06_brooklyn_bridge.pdf ↩

259. Farrington, E.F. (1881). Concise Description of the East River Bridge: With Full Details of Construction ... Two Lectures Delivered ... March 6 and 13, 1880. C.D. Wynkoop, Printer. pp. 25–26. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://books.google.com/books?id=nuu0oQEACAAJ ↩

260. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Will the Trustees Get Good or Bad Steel for the Superstructure?". The New York Times. July 2, 1879. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1879/07/02/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-will-the-trustees-get-good-or-bad-steel-for-the.html ↩

261. "The Steel for Brooklyn Bridge". The Daily Gazette. April 12, 1880. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40735704/ ↩

262. "The Steel for Brooklyn Bridge". The Daily Gazette. April 12, 1880. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40735704/ ↩

263. "The Edgemoor Iron Works". Brooklyn Times-Union. July 10, 1879. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33162797/ ↩

264. "Controller Steinmetz's Letter; Hon. Henry O. Murphy, President Board Trustees of the New-York And Brooklyn Bridge: SIR: At the Last Meeting of the Executive Committee the Following Resolution Was Passed by a Majority Vote". The New York Times. July 8, 1879. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1879/07/08/archives/controller-steinmetzs-letter-hon-henry-o-murphy-president-board.html ↩

265. "The Steel for Brooklyn Bridge". The Daily Gazette. April 12, 1880. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40735704/ ↩

266. "The Brooklyn Bridge; An Important Steel Contract Discussed --Salaries Raised". The New York Times. February 3, 1880. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1880/02/03/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-an-important-steel-contract-discussed-salaries.html ↩

267. "The Edgemoor Iron Works". New-York Tribune. October 5, 1880. p. 8. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33192926/ ↩

268. "Steel for the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. November 9, 1881. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1881/11/09/archives/steel-for-the-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

269. McCullough 1972, p. 485. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

270. "The Brooklyn Bridge Again". The New York Times. June 25, 1882. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1882/06/25/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-again.html ↩

271. McCullough 1972, p. 485. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

272. McCullough 1972, pp. 494–495. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

273. McCullough 1972, pp. 494–495. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

274. McCullough 1972, pp. 494–495. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

275. "Progress of the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. August 24, 1882. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1882/08/24/archives/progress-of-the-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

276. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Bids for Lighting the Structure by Electricity". The New York Times. February 13, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/02/13/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-bids-for-lighting-the-structure-by-electricity.html ↩

277. "The Brooklyn Bridge; Bids for Lighting the Structure by Electricity". The New York Times. February 13, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/02/13/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-bids-for-lighting-the-structure-by-electricity.html ↩

278. "The Brooklyn Bridge; A Schedule of Tolls Reported". The New York Times. March 13, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/03/13/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-a-schedule-of-tolls-reportedthe-future-control.html ↩

279. McCullough 1972, p. 424. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

280. McCullough 1972, p. 424. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

281. "The Big Brooklyn Bridge; The Supreme Court Asked to Call It an Obstruction". The New York Times. November 7, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/11/07/archives/the-big-brooklyn-bridge-the-supreme-court-asked-to-call-it-an.html ↩

282. "The Obstacles to the Bridge, Views Of New Yorkers—Its Supposed Shakiness". The New York Times. March 21, 1879. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/1879/03/21/archives/city-and-suburban-news-newyork-brooklyn-newjersey.html ↩

283. "The East River Bridge; Doubts Expressed of Its Asserted Strength" (PDF). The Evening Post. March 21, 1879. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via fultonhistory.com. https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252010%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201879%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201879%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200262.pdf ↩

284. "The Brooklyn Bridge Suit; The United States Supreme Court Decides That It Is a Lawful Structure". The New York Times. November 27, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/11/27/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-suit-the-united-states-supreme-court-decides.html ↩

285. "Glorification! The Cities Celebrate the Work That Makes Them One". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 24, 1883. p. 12. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/3967942/ ↩

286. "Brooklyn Daily Eagle Timeline". Brooklyn Public Library. November 14, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20071114135249/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Archive/skins/BE/NavigationSites/what.htm ↩

287. Reeves, Thomas C. (1975). Gentleman Boss. Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 359–360. ISBN 0-394-46095-2. 0-394-46095-2 ↩

288. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hewitt, Abram Stevens" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 417. /wiki/Hugh_Chisholm ↩

289. Haw 2005, pp. 30–32. - Haw, Richard (2005). The Brooklyn Bridge : a cultural history. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3587-6. OCLC 56526458. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qwkexx6OATEC ↩

290. Hewitt 1883, p. 297. - Hewitt, Abram S (1965) [1937]. "The Meaning of Brooklyn Bridge: Speech at the Opening of Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883" (PDF). In Nevins, Allan (ed.). Selected writings, with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler. Kennikat Press. pp. 295–311. OCLC 264897. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2018. http://www.digifind-it.com/njhistoricalportal/data/ringwood//Selected%20Writings%20of%20Abram%20S.%20Hewitt.pdf#page=308 ↩

291. Reeves, Thomas C. (1975). Gentleman Boss. Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 359–360. ISBN 0-394-46095-2. 0-394-46095-2 ↩

292. "Brooklyn Daily Eagle Timeline". Brooklyn Public Library. November 14, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20071114135249/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Archive/skins/BE/NavigationSites/what.htm ↩

293. "The First Travel Across the Brooklyn Bridge". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. May 28, 1883. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27693615/ ↩

294. "Yesterday's Calamity on the Brooklyn Bridge". Buffalo Commercial. May 31, 1883. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33260522/ ↩

295. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024. /wiki/John_J._McCusker ↩

296. "Brooklyn Daily Eagle Timeline". Brooklyn Public Library. November 14, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20071114135249/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Archive/skins/BE/NavigationSites/what.htm ↩

297. "About the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Sun. June 11, 1891. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33325930/ ↩

298. "City Pays Off Brooklyn Bridge of 1883; Interest Was Double Cost of Erecting It". The New York Times. November 3, 1956. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1956/11/03/archives/city-pays-off-brooklyn-bridge-of-1883-interest-was-double-cost-of.html ↩

299. "Brooklyn Daily Eagle Timeline". Brooklyn Public Library. November 14, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20071114135249/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Archive/skins/BE/NavigationSites/what.htm ↩

300. "About the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Sun. June 11, 1891. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33325930/ ↩

301. "Brooklyn Bridge (1883)". Bridges of Dublin. Dublin City Council. 2017. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2017. http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridge-building/famous-bridges/brooklyn-bridge-1883 ↩

302. Lewis, Laurie (April 1, 2022). New York City Firsts: Big Apple Innovations That Changed the Nation and the World. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-6304-8. Archived from the original on November 4, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023. 978-1-4930-6304-8 ↩

303. "The First Falls View Suspension Bridge". Niagara Falls Info. February 3, 2017. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022. https://www.niagarafallsinfo.com/niagara-falls-history/niagara-falls-municipal-history/historic-bridges-in-niagara/the-first-falls-view-suspension-bridge/ ↩

304. "Finishing the Bridge; The Railroad, The Sands-Street Entrances, And the Warehouses". The New York Times. July 4, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/07/04/archives/finishing-the-bridge-the-railroad-the-sandsstreet-entrances-and-the.html ↩

305. "Dead on the New Bridge; Fatal Crush at the Western Approach". The New York Times. May 31, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/05/31/archives/dead-on-the-new-bridge-fatal-crush-at-the-western-approach.html ↩

306. "Yesterday's Calamity on the Brooklyn Bridge". Buffalo Commercial. May 31, 1883. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33260522/ ↩

307. "Yesterday's Calamity on the Brooklyn Bridge". Buffalo Commercial. May 31, 1883. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33260522/ ↩

308. "Work on the Bridge; Precautions to Be Taken to Prevent Future Accidents". The New York Times. June 3, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/06/03/archives/work-on-the-bridge-precautions-to-be-taken-to-prevent-future.html ↩

309. "Managing the Bridge; The Trustees Adopt a Plan for Protection Against Fire". The New York Times. July 10, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/07/10/archives/managing-the-bridge-the-trustees-adopt-a-plan-for-protection.html ↩

310. "Yesterday's Calamity on the Brooklyn Bridge". Buffalo Commercial. May 31, 1883. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33260522/ ↩

311. "The Grip Begins Its Work; By Cable Over the Brooklyn Bridge. Many People Using the Cars on the Opening Day—Col. Paine Loses His Only Once". The New York Times. September 25, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/09/25/archives/the-grip-begins-its-work-by-cable-over-the-brooklyn-bridge-many.html ↩

312. Small 1957, p. 5. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

313. "Cables Slip, But Brooklyn Bridge Is Safe". New-York Tribune. July 29, 1922. pp. 1, 3 – via newspapers.com. /wiki/New-York_Tribune ↩

314. Bildner, Phil (2004). Twenty-One Elephants. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-689-87011-6. 0-689-87011-6 ↩

315. Prince, April Jones (2005). Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-618-44887-X. 0-618-44887-X ↩

316. McCullough 1972, pp. 546–547. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

317. "About the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Sun. June 11, 1891. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33325930/ ↩

318. Small 1957, pp. 10–11. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

319. "Brooklyn Bridge Anniversary; Statistics as to Its Work and Income Since It Was Opened". The New York Times. May 25, 1893. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1893/05/25/archives/brooklyn-bridge-anniversary-statistics-as-to-its-work-and-income.html ↩

320. Haw, Richard (October 2, 2012). Art of the Brooklyn Bridge: A Visual History. Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-136-60366-2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2022. 978-1-136-60366-2 ↩

321. Haw, Richard (October 2, 2012). Art of the Brooklyn Bridge: A Visual History. Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-136-60366-2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2022. 978-1-136-60366-2 ↩

322. Small 1957, p. 14. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

323. "Trolleys on the Bridge; Cars of Five Brooklyn Lines Cross the Structure to Manhattan Borough". The New York Times. February 17, 1898. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1898/02/17/archives/trolleys-on-the-bridge-cars-of-five-brooklyn-lines-cross-the.html ↩

324. "Double-Deck Plan For Brooklyn Bridge; Mr. Hildenbrand Criticises Scheme of Mr. Lindenthal". The New York Times. March 16, 1902. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1902/03/16/archives/doubledeck-plan-for-brooklyn-bridge-mr-hildenbrand-criticises.html ↩

325. "Cables Slip, But Brooklyn Bridge Is Safe". New-York Tribune. July 29, 1922. pp. 1, 3 – via newspapers.com. /wiki/New-York_Tribune ↩

326. "Big Break Alarms Vast Bridge Crowd; Twelye Suspension Rods on The Cables Snap". The New York Times. July 25, 1901. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1901/07/25/archives/big-break-alarms-vast-bridge-crowd-twelye-suspension-rods-on-the.html ↩

327. "Overburden and Neglect". New-York Tribune. July 27, 1901. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33420836/ ↩

328. "Inspection Of The Brooklyn Bridge; Commissioner Lindenthal Says It Is Thorough and Systematic". The New York Times. August 13, 1902. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1902/08/13/archives/inspection-of-the-brooklyn-bridge-commissioner-lindenthal-says-it.html ↩

329. "Safeguarding the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. August 25, 1907. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1907/08/25/archives/safeguarding-the-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

330. "Cables Slip, But Brooklyn Bridge Is Safe". New-York Tribune. July 29, 1922. pp. 1, 3 – via newspapers.com. /wiki/New-York_Tribune ↩

331. "The Second Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. January 7, 1890. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1890/01/07/archives/the-second-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

332. "Double-Deck Plan For Brooklyn Bridge; Mr. Hildenbrand Criticises Scheme of Mr. Lindenthal". The New York Times. March 16, 1902. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1902/03/16/archives/doubledeck-plan-for-brooklyn-bridge-mr-hildenbrand-criticises.html ↩

333. "New Bridge In A Glory Of Fire; Wind-Up Of Opening Ceremonies a Brilliant Scene" (PDF). The New York Times. December 20, 1903. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2017. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/12/20/105070115.pdf ↩

334. "Queensboro Bridge Opens To Traffic; A Great Host Sees the Mayor and Officials in Autos Speed Across" (PDF). The New York Times. March 31, 1909. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/03/31/101873802.pdf ↩

335. "Manhattan Bridge Opened to Traffic" (PDF). The New York Times. January 1, 1910. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2017. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/01/01/104915453.pdf ↩

336. McCullough 1972, p. 551. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

337. Brock, H. i (May 21, 1933). "Brooklyn Bridge:Fifty Vivid Years; The Historic Span Ushered in the Era of Manhattan's Ties With Neighbors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1933/05/21/archives/brooklyn-bridge-fifty-vivid-years-the-historic-span-ushered-in-the.html ↩

338. "Prize Fund for Atwood; Talk of One After Washington Commerce Chamber Refuses to Help". The New York Times. July 19, 1911. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/19/archives/prize-fund-for-atwood-talk-of-one-after-washington-commerce-chamber.html ↩

339. "Aldermen Abolish Tolls for Wagons on Bridges". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 18, 1911. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/33421526/ ↩

340. Benardo, Leonard; Weiss, Jennifer (2006). Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, And More . NYU Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780814799468. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2015. A Board of Aldermen resolution on January 26, 1915, made it official. 9780814799468 ↩

341. "Brooklyn Bridge Closed to Motor Traffic, Manhattan Bridge to Horse-Drawn Vehicles". The New York Times. July 7, 1922. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1922/07/07/archives/brooklyn-bridge-closed-to-motor-traffic-manhattan-bridge-to.html ↩

342. "Cables Slip, But Brooklyn Bridge Is Safe". New-York Tribune. July 29, 1922. pp. 1, 3 – via newspapers.com. /wiki/New-York_Tribune ↩

343. "Brooklyn Bridge Safe, But Rebuild It, Whalen Advises; Two Big Cables Slip and the Capacity of the Structure Has Been Reached". The New York Times. July 29, 1922. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1922/07/29/archives/brooklyn-bridge-safe-but-rebuild-it-whalen-advises-two-big-cables.html ↩

344. "Cables Slip, But Brooklyn Bridge Is Safe". New-York Tribune. July 29, 1922. pp. 1, 3 – via newspapers.com. /wiki/New-York_Tribune ↩

345. "Brooklyn Bridge Safe, But Rebuild It, Whalen Advises; Two Big Cables Slip and the Capacity of the Structure Has Been Reached". The New York Times. July 29, 1922. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1922/07/29/archives/brooklyn-bridge-safe-but-rebuild-it-whalen-advises-two-big-cables.html ↩

346. "Wants New Bridge At Twenty-Third St.; Whalen Would Build Another Span to Brooklyn and Keep Old Bridge, Too". The New York Times. July 30, 1922. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1922/07/30/archives/wants-new-bridge-at-twentythird-st-whalen-would-build-another-span.html ↩

347. "Brooklyn Bridge Motor Traffic to Be Reopened Soon". The Christian Science Monitor. December 27, 1924. p. 4. ProQuest 511453785. /wiki/ProQuest ↩

348. "May 1 to See Autos on Brooklyn Bridge; Passenger Traffic Will Be Resumed by Then, Says Commissioner Mills". The New York Times. December 18, 1924. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 4, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/1924/12/18/archives/may-1-to-see-autos-on-brooklyn-bridge-passenger-traffic-will-be.html ↩

349. "To Reopen Brooklyn Bridge To Passenger Autos Today". The New York Times. May 12, 1925. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 3, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/12/archives/to-reopen-brooklyn-bridge-to-passenger-autos-today.html ↩

350. "Vehicles on Brooklyn Bridge". The Hartford Courant. May 12, 1925. p. 3. ISSN 1047-4153. ProQuest 553994510. /wiki/ISSN_(identifier) ↩

351. "Gripes Ended 1-Way Brooklyn Bridge Test". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 15, 1947. p. 16. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-gripes-ended-1/138813792/ ↩

352. "Brooklyn Bridge to Be Modernized As Highway for 6,000 Cars an Hour; One-Time 'Eighth Wonder of the World' to Undergo Its First Major Changes -Engineers' Planning to Take a Year". The New York Times. September 4, 1948. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1948/09/04/archives/brooklyn-bridge-to-be-modernized-as-highway-for-6000-cars-an-hour.html ↩

353. "Steinman to Revamp Brooklyn Bridge". Poughkeepsie Journal. September 20, 1948. p. 11. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33294890/ ↩

354. "Brooklyn Bridge to Be Modernized As Highway for 6,000 Cars an Hour; One-Time 'Eighth Wonder of the World' to Undergo Its First Major Changes -Engineers' Planning to Take a Year". The New York Times. September 4, 1948. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1948/09/04/archives/brooklyn-bridge-to-be-modernized-as-highway-for-6000-cars-an-hour.html ↩

355. "Brooklyn Span Job Is 'Up' to Schedule'; Laying New Roadbed on Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. September 20, 1950. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/09/20/archives/brooklyn-span-job-is-up-to-schedule-laying-new-roadbed-on-brooklyn.html ↩

356. "Brooklyn Span Job Is 'Up' to Schedule'; Laying New Roadbed on Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. September 20, 1950. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/09/20/archives/brooklyn-span-job-is-up-to-schedule-laying-new-roadbed-on-brooklyn.html ↩

357. National Park Service 1966, p. 7. - "National Register of Historic Inventory – Nomination Form For Federal Properties: The Brooklyn Bridge". United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. October 15, 1966. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/763eefb2-3e0e-44e3-be5e-c7bdd9608e7b ↩

358. "Brooklyn Bridge To Carry 6 Lanes; Steel Mesh Roadway, Ready in 1950, Included in $2,400,000 Modernization Plan". The New York Times. January 16, 1949. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1949/01/16/archives/brooklyn-bridge-to-carry-6-lanes-steel-mesh-roadway-ready-in-1950.html ↩

359. "New Approaches to Speed Brooklyn Bridge Traffic". The New York Times. July 23, 1951. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1951/07/23/archives/new-approaches-to-speed-brooklyn-bridge-traffic.html ↩

360. Ingraham, Joseph C. (January 23, 1950). "As Brooklyn Bridge Was Closed Completely for First Time Since Opening in 1883; Brooklyn Bridge as Closed 8 Hours As Tests Are Begun for Rebuilding". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 4, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/01/23/archives/as-brooklyn-brdge-was-closed-completely-for-first-time-since.html ↩

361. Small 1957, p. 20. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

362. "Brooklyn Bridge Traffic Will Undergo Changes". The New York Times. March 3, 1950. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/03/archives/brooklyn-bridge-traffic-will-undergo-changes.html ↩

363. "Brooklyn Span, All Slicked Up, Set to Reopen". Daily News. New York. May 2, 1954. p. 171. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33455201/ ↩

364. "Brooklyn Bridge Gets a New Lane; New Three-Lane Road Opened on Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. May 3, 1951. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1951/05/03/archives/brooklyn-bridge-gets-a-new-lane-new-threelane-road-opened-on.html ↩

365. "New Three-Lane North Roadway of Brooklyn Bridge Opened to Traffic". The New York Times. October 1, 1953. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1953/10/01/archives/new-threelane-north-roadway-of-brooklyn-bridge-opened-to-traffic.html ↩

366. "Brooklyn Bridge Back In Full Use; Strollers and Drivers Happy as Ceremony Reopens Span After Four – Year Curbs". The New York Times. May 4, 1954. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1954/05/04/archives/brooklyn-bridge-back-in-full-use-strollers-and-drivers-happy-as.html ↩

367. "Brooklyn Span, All Slicked Up, Set to Reopen". Daily News. New York. May 2, 1954. p. 171. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33455201/ ↩

368. Lovgren, Stefan (March 24, 2006). "Cold War 'Time Capsule' Found in Brooklyn Bridge". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on April 11, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20060411045054/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0324_060324_brooklyn.html ↩

369. Eckenberg), William C (April 11, 1951). "War Barricades Set up on Bridges; City Prepares to Protect Its Bridges Against Sabotage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1951/04/11/archives/war-barricades-set-up-on-bridges-city-prepares-to-protect-its.html ↩

370. "Planning to Give the City a Clearer View of Its Famed Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. June 5, 1944. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1944/06/05/archives/planning-to-give-the-city-a-clearer-view-of-its-famed-brooklyn.html ↩

371. "3-Level Road Link In Brooklyn Open; Downtown Congestion Eased by $12,000,000 Section of 11-Mile Expressway". The New York Times. June 23, 1954. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1954/06/23/archives/3level-road-link-in-brooklyn-open-downtown-congestion-eased-by.html ↩

372. "New Entrance Ready For Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. January 11, 1959. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1959/01/11/archives/new-entrance-ready-for-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

373. "2d Widened Adams Street Section Ready". New York Daily News. July 6, 1955. p. 53. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33508031/ ↩

374. "New Traffic Link in the Heart of Brooklyn Is Opened". The New York Times. July 7, 1955. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1955/07/07/archives/new-traffic-link-in-the-heart-of-brooklyn-is-opened.html ↩

375. "Wide Bridge Link Set for Brooklyn; Fulton Street-Atlantic Ave. Stretch to Be Rebuilt to Ease Traffic Jams". The New York Times. November 5, 1954. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1954/11/05/archives/wide-bridge-link-set-for-brooklyn-fulton-streetatlantic-ave-stretch.html ↩

376. "Brooklyn To Open New Courthouse; Mayor and Judges to Speak Tomorrow at Dedication of $18,327,500 Building". The New York Times. January 4, 1959. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1959/01/04/archives/brooklyn-to-open-new-courthouse-mayor-and-judges-to-speak-tomorrow.html ↩

377. Benjamin, Philip (May 24, 1958). "Brooklyn Bridge Marks 75th Year; Once Hailed as '8th Wonder of World,' It Still Is Most Famous Span on Earth Recent Cleaning Job Proved Towers to Be Pink and Tan Instead of Black Brooklyn Bridge Is 75 Today, Still the Most Famous on Earth". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1958/05/24/archives/brooklyn-bridge-marks-75th-year-once-hailed-as-8th-wonder-of-world.html ↩

378. "Brooklyn Repairs Bridge Anchorage". The New York Times. July 23, 1959. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1959/07/23/archives/brooklyn-repairs-bridge-anchorage.html ↩

379. "Plan Marks Doom Of World Building; Commission Approves Wagner's $5,266,000 Street Layout for Bridge Approaches". The New York Times. January 8, 1953. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1953/01/08/archives/plan-marks-doom-of-world-building-commission-approves-wagners.html ↩

380. "Slum Move Deadlines Set". New York Daily News. January 27, 1957. p. 321. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33508590/ ↩

381. "Plaza Job Started at Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. December 18, 1956. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1956/12/18/archives/plaza-job-started-at-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

382. "Work Is Starting on Brooklyn Bridge Southwest, A Total Renewal". The New York Times. October 21, 1966. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1966/10/21/archives/work-is-starting-on-brooklyn-bridge-southwest-a-total-renewal.html ↩

383. "Brooklyn Bridge Will Get Ramps; 2-Year Project Designed to Ease Street Traffic". The New York Times. September 4, 1965. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1965/09/04/archives/brooklyn-bridge-will-get-ramps-2year-project-designed-to-ease.html ↩

384. "Brooklyn Bridge Ramp Opened". The New York Times. April 17, 1968. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1968/04/17/archives/brooklyn-bridge-ramp-opened.html ↩

385. Burks, Edward C (June 22, 1969). "Brooklyn Bridge Getting Ramp to F.D.R. Drive; 1,500-Foot Exit Is Latest in $8.5-Million Series to Relieve Congestion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/22/archives/brooklyn-bridge-getting-ramp-to-fdr-drive-1500foot-exit-is-latest.html ↩

386. "Slate New Exit Ramp For Bridge". New York Daily News. May 21, 1970. p. 420. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33566928/ ↩

387. "Silver in Hair of 'Lady of Night'". New York Daily News. September 4, 1972. p. 233. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33567609/ ↩

388. Sims, Calvin (April 17, 1988). "Bridge Troubles Provide A Case Study of Neglect". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/17/nyregion/bridge-troubles-provide-a-case-study-of-neglect.html ↩

389. "Newspaper Vans Lose Right to Use Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. January 27, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/27/archives/newspaper-vans-lose-right-to-use-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

390. Lichtenstein, Grace (March 27, 1978). "New York Bridges Aren't Falling, But Some Are Crumbling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/27/archives/new-jersey-pages-new-york-bridges-arent-falling-but-some-are.html ↩

391. Goldman, Ari L (June 30, 1981). "Brooklyn Bridge to Get New Set of Steel Cables". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/30/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-to-get-new-set-of-steel-cables.html ↩

392. Lieberman, Mark (October 21, 1980). "Rotting B'klyn Bridge May Face Closing". New York Daily News. p. 58. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33568240/ ↩

393. Saxon, Wolfgang (June 29, 1981). "2 Steel Cables Snap on Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/29/nyregion/2-steel-cables-snap-on-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

394. Steele, Ned (June 30, 1981). "Troubled Waters for Bridges". New York Daily News. pp. 5, 55 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32995318/ ↩

395. Brooke, James (March 8, 1986). "Spinning New Cables for Bridge's 2d Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/08/nyregion/spinning-new-cables-for-bridge-s-2d-century.html ↩

396. Steele, Ned (June 30, 1981). "Troubled Waters for Bridges". New York Daily News. pp. 5, 55 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32995318/ ↩

397. Sullivan, Sheila (July 6, 1981). "Another Cable Snag on Brooklyn Bridge". New York Daily News. p. 155. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32995219/ ↩

398. Goldman, Ari L (June 30, 1981). "Brooklyn Bridge to Get New Set of Steel Cables". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/30/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-to-get-new-set-of-steel-cables.html ↩

399. Brooke, James (March 8, 1986). "Spinning New Cables for Bridge's 2d Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/08/nyregion/spinning-new-cables-for-bridge-s-2d-century.html ↩

400. "Brooklyn Bridge Cables to Get Relief From Steel Briefly". The Morning Call. February 24, 1986. Retrieved August 8, 2024. https://www.mcall.com/1986/02/24/brooklyn-bridge-cables-to-get-relief-from-steel-briefly/ ↩

401. "The City; Bridge Entrance Shut in Brooklyn". The New York Times. January 4, 1985. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/04/nyregion/the-city-bridge-entrance-shut-in-brooklyn.html ↩

402. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade Recommendation Report 2016, p. 5. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade Recommendation Report" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. December 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 1, 2018. https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-recommendation-report-dec2017.pdf ↩

403. Copage, Eric V (September 20, 1982). "Lighting Pact to Help Brighten Bridge". New York Daily News. p. 74. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32995466/ ↩

404. Mitchell, Alison (September 2, 1992). "High Lead Levels Found Near 3 East River Bridges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/02/nyregion/high-lead-levels-found-near-3-east-river-bridges.html ↩

405. Lueck, Thomas J (February 5, 1999). "As Concrete Falls, City Moves to Fix Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/05/nyregion/as-concrete-falls-city-moves-to-fix-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

406. Rutenberg, James (February 4, 1999). "Bridge Fixup". New York Daily News. p. 605. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33568860/ ↩

407. Buckley, Cara (September 24, 2007). "Chinatown Residents Frustrated Over Street Closed Since 9/11". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/nyregion/24police.html ↩

408. Chan, Erin (August 24, 2003). "Neighborhood Report: New York Waterfront; East River Bridges Are Missing Strings of Pearls". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/nyregion/neighborhood-report-new-york-waterfront-east-river-bridges-are-missing-strings.html ↩

409. Feuer, Alan (November 1, 2003). "Bridges' 'Necklace Lights' to Return". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/01/nyregion/bridges-necklace-lights-to-return.html ↩

410. Chan, Sewell (August 2, 2007). "Brooklyn Bridge Is One of 3 With Poor Rating". City Room. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019. https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/brooklyn-bridge-is-one-of-3-with-poor-rating/ ↩

411. Chan, Sewell (September 17, 2007). "Brooklyn Bridge Is Safe, City Insists". City Room. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019. https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/brooklyn-bridge-is-safe-city-insists/ ↩

412. "Brooklyn Bridge Construction Starts Aug. 23, Keeping Manhattan-Bound Lanes Closed Nights till 2014". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121029041915/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-08-14/local/27072576_1_brooklyn-bridge-lanes-manhattan-bridge ↩

413. Briquelet, Kate (November 18, 2011). "Paint fumes from Brooklyn Bridge have locals breathing uneasy". Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020. https://www.brooklynpaper.com/paint-fumes-from-brooklyn-bridge-have-locals-breathing-uneasy/ ↩

414. "Rebuilding the Bridge". New York City Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2012. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bridges/brooklyn_bridge.shtml ↩

415. "Rebuilding the Bridge — Brochure" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 3, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2014. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn_bridge_brochure.pdf ↩

416. "Brooklyn Bridge Construction Starts Aug. 23, Keeping Manhattan-Bound Lanes Closed Nights till 2014". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121029041915/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-08-14/local/27072576_1_brooklyn-bridge-lanes-manhattan-bridge ↩

417. "Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation Spring 2014 Newsletter" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121092151/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2014-spring-brooklyn-bridge-newsletter.pdf ↩

418. Sugar, Rachel (November 11, 2016). "Projected Brooklyn Bridge repair costs have more than doubled". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020. https://ny.curbed.com/2016/11/11/13598192/brooklyn-bridge-repairs-cost-increase ↩

419. "Brooklyn Bridge Construction Starts Aug. 23, Keeping Manhattan-Bound Lanes Closed Nights till 2014". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121029041915/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-08-14/local/27072576_1_brooklyn-bridge-lanes-manhattan-bridge ↩

420. Sugar, Rachel (November 11, 2016). "Projected Brooklyn Bridge repair costs have more than doubled". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020. https://ny.curbed.com/2016/11/11/13598192/brooklyn-bridge-repairs-cost-increase ↩

421. Hu, Winnie (August 8, 2016). "Brooklyn Bridge, The 'Times Square in the Sky,' May Get an Expansion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-expansion.html ↩

422. Hu, Winnie (May 9, 2017). "Finally, An Entrance Worthy of the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-makeover.html ↩

423. Mixson, Colin (May 2, 2016). "No sleep until 2022: Work on Brooklyn Bridge, begun in 2010, will continue until 2022". The Villager. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020. https://www.thevillager.com/2016/05/no-sleep-until-2022-work-on-brooklyn-bridge-begun-in-2010-will-continue-until-2022/ ↩

424. Croghan, Lore (July 10, 2018). "Landmarks Preservation Commission Approves Brooklyn Bridge Archway Renovations". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018. https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/07/10/landmarks-preservation-commission-approves-brooklyn-bridge-archway-renovations/ ↩

425. Barone, Vincent (December 11, 2018). "$25M in Federal Funds for Brooklyn Bridge Rehab". am New York. Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018. https://www.amny.com/news/brooklyn-bridge-rehabilitation-1.24461240 ↩

426. O'Connell-Domenech, Alejandra (July 1, 2019). "Brooklyn Bridge renovations to start this fall". The Villager. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020. https://www.thevillager.com/2019/08/brooklyn-bridge-renovations-to-start-this-fall/ ↩

427. Hu, Winnie (April 16, 2023). "The Brooklyn Bridge Gets a Facial". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/16/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-restoration.html ↩

428. Simko-Bednarski, Evan (January 11, 2024). "Brooklyn Bridge's New Bright Lights Shine on Storied NYC Landmark". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024; Beer, Isabel Song (January 12, 2024). "DOT celebrates Brooklyn Bridge 'glow up,' iconic span will be lit for first time since 1983". Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024. https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/11/brooklyn-bridges-new-bright-lights-shine-on-storied-nyc-landmark/ ↩

429. Berger, Paul (February 10, 2020). "Can a Design Contest Fix the Brooklyn Bridge? Cyclists Hope So". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-a-design-contest-fix-the-brooklyn-bridge-cyclists-hope-so-11581377140 ↩

430. Frost, Mary (February 11, 2020). "The Brooklyn Bridge is crowded. A new contest could change that". Brooklyn Eagle. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020. https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/02/11/the-brooklyn-bridge-is-crowded-a-new-contest-could-change-that/ ↩

431. Robbins, Christopher (January 28, 2021). "The Brooklyn Bridge Will Finally Get Its Own Bike Lane". Gothamist. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128221624/https://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-bridge-will-finally-get-its-own-bike-lane ↩

432. Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (January 28, 2021). "Car Lanes to Become Bike Lanes on 2 Major New York City Bridges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/nyregion/bike-brooklyn-bridge-de-blasio.html ↩

433. Chung, Jen (June 17, 2021). "Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Construction Starts June 21st". Gothamist. Archived from the original on June 19, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021. http://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-bridge-bike-lane-construction-starts-june-21st ↩

434. Fondren, Precious (June 18, 2021). "A New Bike Lane on the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/nyregion/bike-lane-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

435. Offenhartz, Jake (September 14, 2021). "Video: Long-Awaited Bike Lane Opens On Brooklyn Bridge". Gothamist. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021; "Brooklyn Bridge protected bike lane opens". Brooklyn Eagle. September 14, 2021. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021; Duggan, Kevin (September 13, 2021). "FIRST ON amNY: City to open Brooklyn Bridge bike lane Tuesday". amNewYork. Retrieved February 1, 2025. https://gothamist.com/news/long-awaited-bike-lane-opens-brooklyn-bridge ↩

436. Budds, Diana (January 27, 2023). "Clearing Vendors From the Brooklyn Bridge Won't Solve Its Overcrowding Problem". Curbed. Archived from the original on July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023. https://www.curbed.com/2023/01/brooklyn-bridge-overcrowding-street-vendors-pedestrian-plan.html ↩

437. Frost, Mary (July 25, 2023). "Brooklyn Bridge vendors may soon be banned". Brooklyn Eagle. Archived from the original on July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023; Finley, Louis (October 11, 2023). "City considers vendor ban on bridges, citing safety and security risks". Spectrum News NY1. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023; Parker, Harry (October 10, 2023). "NYC floats plan to ban souvenir, food vendors from Brooklyn Bridge in bid to ease pedestrian traffic". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023. https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2023/07/25/brooklyn-bridge-vendors-may-soon-be-banned/ ↩

438. "Vendors forced to close up shop on Brooklyn Bridge and all New York City bridges". ABC7 New York. January 3, 2024. Archived from the original on January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024; Nir, Sarah Maslin (January 2, 2024). "The Brooklyn Bridge Is Not for Sale, or for Selling Souvenirs Anymore". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024. https://abc7ny.com/brooklyn-bridge-vendors-ban-nyc/14262934/ ↩

439. Simko-Bednarski, Evan (January 11, 2024). "Brooklyn Bridge's New Bright Lights Shine on Storied NYC Landmark". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024; Beer, Isabel Song (January 12, 2024). "DOT celebrates Brooklyn Bridge 'glow up,' iconic span will be lit for first time since 1983". Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024. https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/11/brooklyn-bridges-new-bright-lights-shine-on-storied-nyc-landmark/ ↩

440. "Key Bridge collapse: NYC bridges among 68 in the US recommended for vulnerability assessments, NTSB says". ABC7 New York. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025; Loria, Michael (March 21, 2025). "Millions of people use these bridges. Feds say they're taking a risk". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 21, 2025. https://abc7ny.com/post/key-bridge-collapse-nyc-bridges-among-68-us-recommended-vulnerability-assessments-ntsb-says/16059419/ ↩

441. Barnes 1883, p. 28. - Barnes, A.C. (1883). The New York and Brooklyn Bridge ... American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography. Fisher. https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP28 ↩

442. "Brooklyn Bridge Back In Full Use; Strollers and Drivers Happy as Ceremony Reopens Span After Four – Year Curbs". The New York Times. May 4, 1954. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1954/05/04/archives/brooklyn-bridge-back-in-full-use-strollers-and-drivers-happy-as.html ↩

443. "Brooklyn Bridge Closed to Motor Traffic, Manhattan Bridge to Horse-Drawn Vehicles". The New York Times. July 7, 1922. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1922/07/07/archives/brooklyn-bridge-closed-to-motor-traffic-manhattan-bridge-to.html ↩

444. "To Reopen Brooklyn Bridge To Passenger Autos Today". The New York Times. May 12, 1925. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 3, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/12/archives/to-reopen-brooklyn-bridge-to-passenger-autos-today.html ↩

445. "Vehicles on Brooklyn Bridge". The Hartford Courant. May 12, 1925. p. 3. ISSN 1047-4153. ProQuest 553994510. /wiki/ISSN_(identifier) ↩

446. "Brooklyn Bridge Traffic Will Undergo Changes". The New York Times. March 3, 1950. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/03/archives/brooklyn-bridge-traffic-will-undergo-changes.html ↩

447. Budds, Diana (September 17, 2021). "I Wish I Liked the New Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane More". Curbed. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022. https://www.curbed.com/2021/09/brooklyn-bridge-new-protected-bike-lane.html ↩

448. "Brooklyn Bridge's New Bike Lane Draws Praise From Some, Criticism From Others". September 20, 2021. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/09/20/brooklyn-bridge-bicycle-lane-city-hall-park/ ↩

449. "NYC DOT – Parkway Truck Restrictions". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019. https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/parkway-restrictions.shtml ↩

450. Courtney, Will Sabel (January 18, 2016). "8 Cars That Legally Can't Cross the Brooklyn Bridge". The Drive. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2019. https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1720/8-cars-that-legally-cant-cross-the-brooklyn-bridge ↩

451. "Brooklyn Bridge" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 5, 2017. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.6961848,-73.9886764/40.7129455,-74.0042667/@40.7045879,-74.0051564,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 ↩

452. Buckley, Cara (September 24, 2007). "Chinatown Residents Frustrated Over Street Closed Since 9/11". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/nyregion/24police.html ↩

453. "Brooklyn Bridge" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 5, 2017. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.6961848,-73.9886764/40.7129455,-74.0042667/@40.7045879,-74.0051564,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 ↩

454. Buckley, Cara (September 24, 2007). "Chinatown Residents Frustrated Over Street Closed Since 9/11". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/nyregion/24police.html ↩

455. "Brooklyn Bridge" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 5, 2017. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.6961848,-73.9886764/40.7129455,-74.0042667/@40.7045879,-74.0051564,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 ↩

456. Buckley, Cara (September 24, 2007). "Chinatown Residents Frustrated Over Street Closed Since 9/11". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/nyregion/24police.html ↩

457. Small 1957, p. 20. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

458. "Brooklyn Bridge Traffic Will Undergo Changes". The New York Times. March 3, 1950. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/03/archives/brooklyn-bridge-traffic-will-undergo-changes.html ↩

459. "The Grip Begins Its Work; By Cable Over the Brooklyn Bridge. Many People Using the Cars on the Opening Day—Col. Paine Loses His Only Once". The New York Times. September 25, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/09/25/archives/the-grip-begins-its-work-by-cable-over-the-brooklyn-bridge-many.html ↩

460. Small 1957, p. 5. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

461. Small 1957, pp. 4–5. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

462. "Yesterday's Calamity on the Brooklyn Bridge". Buffalo Commercial. May 31, 1883. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33260522/ ↩

463. Small 1957, p. 9. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

464. "Brooklyn Bridge Extension". The New York Times. May 12, 1885. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1885/05/12/archives/brooklyn-bridge-extension.html ↩

465. "Four Tracks. The Rapid Transit Commission Makes Up Its Mind". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 26, 1885. p. 4. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/33325555/ ↩

466. Small 1957, pp. 10–11. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

467. "Brooklyn Bridge And Electric Power; Steps Taken Which May Result in Doing Away with the Cable System". The New York Times. October 29, 1895. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1895/10/29/archives/brooklyn-bridge-and-electric-power-steps-taken-which-may-result-in.html ↩

468. Small 1957, p. 12. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

469. Small 1957, p. 15. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

470. Small 1957, pp. 16–17. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

471. "Great City Building For Bridge Entrance; Rapid Transit Board Approves Engineer Parsons's Plan". The New York Times. July 2, 1902. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1902/07/02/archives/great-city-building-for-bridge-entrance-rapid-transit-board.html ↩

472. "City Has an Idle Tunnel; Unused Tube Connects Two Subway Lines and Cost $868,000". The New York Times. August 4, 1915. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1915/08/04/archives/city-has-an-idle-tunnel-unused-tube-connects-two-subway-lines-and.html ↩

473. Small 1957, p. 18. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

474. "Reopens Under Pass At Brooklyn Bridge; Walker at Ceremony Clearing Passage Closed for 16 Years-- Downtown Traffic Eased". The New York Times. May 8, 1929. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1929/05/08/archives/reopens-under-pass-at-brooklyn-bridge-walker-at-ceremony-clearing.html ↩

475. Small 1957, p. 18. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

476. Small 1957, p. 20. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

477. "Bridge Terminals And Trolleys; Mayor Schieren Presents to Trustees a Plan for a Continuous Loop in Washington Street, Brooklyn". The New York Times. July 24, 1895. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 30, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1895/07/24/archives/bridge-terminals-and-trolleys-mayor-schieren-presents-to-trustees-a.html ↩

478. "Trolley Cars on Bridge; Trustees and the Brooklyn Railroad Managers Have Reached a Mutual Agreement". The New York Times. August 6, 1897. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 30, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1897/08/06/archives/trolley-cars-on-bridge-trustees-and-the-brooklyn-railroad-managers.html ↩

479. Small 1957, p. 14. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

480. "Trolleys on the Bridge; Cars of Five Brooklyn Lines Cross the Structure to Manhattan Borough". The New York Times. February 17, 1898. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1898/02/17/archives/trolleys-on-the-bridge-cars-of-five-brooklyn-lines-cross-the.html ↩

481. Cudahy 2009, pp. 221–222. - Cudahy, Brian J. (2009). How We Got to Coney Island. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2211-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=cJGUDwAAQBAJ ↩

482. Brooklyn Bridge: 1883--1933. City of New York, Department of Plant and Structures. 1933. https://books.google.com/books?id=qAgFAAAAMAAJ ↩

483. Cudahy 2009, p. 168 - Cudahy, Brian J. (2009). How We Got to Coney Island. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2211-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=cJGUDwAAQBAJ ↩

484. Small 1957, p. 18. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

485. Small 1957, p. 20. - Small, Charles S (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. No. 97. pp. 7–20. ISSN 0033-8842. JSTOR 43520182. https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0033-8842 ↩

486. "Brooklyn Bridge Traffic Will Undergo Changes". The New York Times. March 3, 1950. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/03/archives/brooklyn-bridge-traffic-will-undergo-changes.html ↩

487. Dunlap, David W (August 16, 1985). "It's Time to Cross Some Bridges: A Guide to 4 Prominent Promenades". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/16/arts/it-s-time-to-cross-some-bridges-a-guide-to-4-prominent-promenades.html ↩

488. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade 2016, pp. 26–27. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2016. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-promenade.pdf ↩

489. Barone, Vincent (August 9, 2016). "City Considers Expansion of Brooklyn Bridge Path". am New York. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.amny.com/transit/brooklyn-bridge-pedestrian-path-expansion-explored-by-department-of-transportation-1.12151504 ↩

490. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade 2016, pp. 26–27. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2016. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-promenade.pdf ↩

491. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade 2016, pp. 16–19. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2016. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-promenade.pdf ↩

492. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade 2016, pp. 18, 22–23. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2016. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-promenade.pdf ↩

493. Barone, Vincent (August 9, 2016). "City Considers Expansion of Brooklyn Bridge Path". am New York. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.amny.com/transit/brooklyn-bridge-pedestrian-path-expansion-explored-by-department-of-transportation-1.12151504 ↩

494. Hu, Winnie (August 8, 2016). "Brooklyn Bridge, The 'Times Square in the Sky,' May Get an Expansion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-expansion.html ↩

495. "Brooklyn Bridge Opens Special Bicycle Ramps". The New York Times. April 1, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/01/archives/brooklyn-bridge-opens-special-bicycle-ramps.html ↩

496. Stewart, Barbara (October 12, 2000). "Turf Marks Gone, Battle Erupts on Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 8, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/12/nyregion/turf-marks-gone-battle-erupts-on-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

497. Offenhartz, Jake (September 14, 2021). "Video: Long-Awaited Bike Lane Opens On Brooklyn Bridge". Gothamist. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021; "Brooklyn Bridge protected bike lane opens". Brooklyn Eagle. September 14, 2021. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021; Duggan, Kevin (September 13, 2021). "FIRST ON amNY: City to open Brooklyn Bridge bike lane Tuesday". amNewYork. Retrieved February 1, 2025. https://gothamist.com/news/long-awaited-bike-lane-opens-brooklyn-bridge ↩

498. "Brooklyn Bridge" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 5, 2017. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.6961848,-73.9886764/40.7129455,-74.0042667/@40.7045879,-74.0051564,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 ↩

499. Brooklyn Bridge Promenade 2016, pp. 15–16. - "Brooklyn Bridge Promenade" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 10, 2016. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/brooklyn-bridge-promenade.pdf ↩

500. Quindlen, Anna (April 2, 1980). "Koch Faces Day Ebulliently; He Looks Well Rested". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 30, 2010. https://www.nytimes.com/1980/04/02/archives/koch-faces-day-ebulliently-he-looks-well-rested.html ↩

501. Rutenberg, Jim (December 21, 2005). "On Foot, On Bridge and at City Hall, Bloomberg Is Irate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 30, 2010. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/21mayor.html ↩

502. Kihss, Peter (November 10, 1965). "Snarl at Rush Hour Spreads Into 9 States; 10,000 In the National Guard and 5,000 Off-Duty Policemen Are Called to Service in New York". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1965/11/10/archives/snarl-at-rush-hour-spreads-into-9-states-10000-in-the-national.html ↩

503. McFadden, Robert D (July 14, 1977). "Lightning Apparently to Blame – Some Suburbs Affected". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/07/14/archives/lightning-apparently-to-blame-some-suburbs-affected-power-failure.html ↩

504. Scott, Janny (August 15, 2003). "In Subways, In Traffic, In Elevators: All Stuck". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/nyregion/15STUC.html ↩

505. Sengupta, Somini (September 12, 2001). "A Day of Terror: The Rivers; A Battered Retreat On Bridges To the East". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/us/a-day-of-terror-the-rivers-a-battered-retreat-on-bridges-to-the-east.html ↩

506. Julavits, Robert (August 26, 2003). "Point of Collapse". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 17, 2016. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/point-of-collapse-6409543 ↩

507. Strogatz 2003, pp. 174–175, 312, 320. - Strogatz, Steven H. (2003). Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order. Hyperion Books. ISBN 978-0-7868-6844-5. https://archive.org/details/syncemergingscie00stro ↩

508. Julavits, Robert (August 26, 2003). "Point of Collapse". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 17, 2016. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/point-of-collapse-6409543 ↩

509. McCullough 1972, pp. 32–33. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

510. "The Brooklyn Bridge; A Schedule of Tolls Reported". The New York Times. March 13, 1883. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1883/03/13/archives/the-brooklyn-bridge-a-schedule-of-tolls-reportedthe-future-control.html ↩

511. "To Abolish Tolls On City Bridges; Mayor Gaynor Believes There Is No Legal Warrant for Taxing Vehicle Traffic". The New York Times. July 7, 1911. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/07/archives/to-abolish-tolls-on-city-bridges-mayor-gaynor-believes-there-is-no.html ↩

512. "Prize Fund for Atwood; Talk of One After Washington Commerce Chamber Refuses to Help". The New York Times. July 19, 1911. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/19/archives/prize-fund-for-atwood-talk-of-one-after-washington-commerce-chamber.html ↩

513. "Aldermen Abolish Tolls for Wagons on Bridges". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 18, 1911. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/33421526/ ↩

514. Within, Richard (April 15, 1973). "Shift on Emission May Cost Drivers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/15/archives/shift-on-emission-may-cost-drivers-granted-2year-delay-compensation.html ↩

515. Dembart, Lee (June 16, 1977). "Broad Parking Ban in Manhattan Begins as Mayor Yields to Ruling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/broad-parking-ban-in-manhattan-begins-as-mayor-yields-to-ruling-206.html ↩

516. Witkin, Richard (March 13, 1971). "City Bridge-Toll Plans". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 29, 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/13/archives/city-bridgetoll-plans-plan-for-tolls-on-four-east-river-bridges-is.html ↩

517. "Bridge Toll Study". Newsday. April 22, 1970. p. 13. ISSN 2574-5298. ProQuest 916064041. /wiki/ISSN_(identifier) ↩

518. "He Calls Toll on Bridges a Benefit to Straphangers". New York Daily News. May 24, 1971. p. 314. ISSN 2692-1251. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-he-calls-toll-on-bridges-a-be/133295973/ ↩

519. Dembart, Lee (June 16, 1977). "Broad Parking Ban in Manhattan Begins as Mayor Yields to Ruling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/broad-parking-ban-in-manhattan-begins-as-mayor-yields-to-ruling-206.html ↩

520. Weisman, Steven R. (August 6, 1977). "Beame, U.S. Reach an 'Understanding' on a Parking Ban". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/06/archives/beame-us-reach-an-understanding-on-a-parking-ban-court-gives-them-2.html ↩

521. Dembart, Lee (June 16, 1977). "Broad Parking Ban in Manhattan Begins as Mayor Yields to Ruling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/broad-parking-ban-in-manhattan-begins-as-mayor-yields-to-ruling-206.html ↩

522. "2 Federal Agencies Clash on a Toll Plan For River Bridges". The New York Times. June 12, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 22, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/12/archives/2-federal-agencies-clash-on-a-toll-plan-for-river-bridges.html ↩

523. Strahan, Tracie; Siff, Andrew (May 5, 2023). "Congestion Pricing in NYC Gets Fed Approval, Final Call Likely Weeks Away". NBC New York. Retrieved May 5, 2023. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/congestion-pricing-in-nyc-gets-fed-approval-final-call-likely-weeks-away/4306697/ ↩

524. Nessen, Stephen (April 15, 2024). "Which drivers get tolled under congestion pricing on the Brooklyn and Queensboro bridges? It's complicated". Gothamist. Retrieved April 15, 2024. https://gothamist.com/news/which-drivers-get-tolled-under-congestion-pricing-on-the-brooklyn-and-queensboro-bridges-its-complicated ↩

525. Hu, Winnie; Ley, Ana (January 5, 2025). "New York City Welcomes Congestion Pricing With Fanfare and Complaints". The New York Times. Retrieved January 8, 2025; Bridge, Rowan (January 5, 2025). "New York becomes first US city with congestion charge". BBC Home. Retrieved January 8, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing-tolls.html ↩

526. Nessen, Stephen (April 15, 2024). "Which drivers get tolled under congestion pricing on the Brooklyn and Queensboro bridges? It's complicated". Gothamist. Retrieved April 15, 2024. https://gothamist.com/news/which-drivers-get-tolled-under-congestion-pricing-on-the-brooklyn-and-queensboro-bridges-its-complicated ↩

527. Under the plan, drivers traveling westbound from the bridge to FDR Drive north, or from FDR Drive to the bridge eastbound, would be exempt from the toll. Drivers traveling westbound from the bridge to FDR Drive south would pay a toll because that ramp uses city streets.[339] ↩

528. Odlum, Catherine (1885). The Life and Adventures of Prof. Robert Emmet Odlum, Containing an Account of His Splendid Natatorium at the National Capital. Gray and Clarkson. https://archive.org/details/lifeadventuresof00odlurich ↩

529. Stanley, Autumn (2009). Raising More Hell and Fewer Dahlias: The Public Life of Charlotte Smith, 1840–1917. Lehigh University Press. ISBN 978-0-934223-99-7. 978-0-934223-99-7 ↩

530. "Odlum's Leap to Death". The New York Times. May 20, 1885. p. 1. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 15, 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/1885/05/20/archives/odlums-leap-to-death-a-fatal-plunge-from-the-brooklyn-bridge-he.html ↩

531. "Brodie's Path to Wealth; He Is Wanted by Various Museum Managers". The New York Times. July 25, 1886. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 29, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1886/07/25/archives/brodies-path-to-wealth-he-is-wanted-by-various-museum-managers-he.html ↩

532. McCullough 1972, pp. 546–547. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

533. McCullough 1972, pp. 546–547. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

534. McCullough 1972, pp. 546–547. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

535. "Leaped to His Death". Warren Sheaf. April 18, 1895. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059228/1895-04-18/ed-1/seq-3/ ↩

536. "Youth Dives Off Brooklyn Bridge; Youngster Eludes the Police and Plunges Into the East River, Escaping Unhurt". The New York Times. June 30, 1910. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 29, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1910/06/30/archives/youth-dives-off-brooklyn-bridge-youngster-eludes-the-police-and.html ↩

537. Baram, Marcus (June 1, 2003). "Neighborhood Report: Brooklyn Bridge; A Stately Span, A Fatal Lure". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/nyregion/neighborhood-report-brooklyn-bridge-a-stately-span-a-fatal-lure.html ↩

538. Franks, Norman L. R.; Guest, Russell & Alegi, Gregory (1997). Above the War Fronts: The British Two-Seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, The British Two-Seater Fighter Observer Aces, And the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian And Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918. Grub Street. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-1-898697-56-5. 978-1-898697-56-5 ↩

539. Hirschkorn, Phil (August 25, 2001). "Frenchman Hung up on Lady Liberty: 'I Love America' – August 25, 2001". CNN. Retrieved July 8, 2019. http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/08/25/liberty.jump/ ↩

540. Sexton, Joe (March 2, 1994). "4 Hasidic Youths Hurt in Brooklyn Bridge Shooting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 30, 2010. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/02/nyregion/4-hasidic-youths-hurt-in-brooklyn-bridge-shooting.html ↩

541. James, George (January 19, 1995). "Bridge Gunman Gets 141-Year Term". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 19, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/19/nyregion/bridge-gunman-gets-141-year-term.html ↩

542. Dewan, Shaila K. (December 6, 2000). "U.S. Decides '94 Attack On Hasidim Was Lone Act". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 19, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/06/nyregion/us-decides-94-attack-on-hasidim-was-lone-act.html ↩

543. Bertrand, Donald (April 12, 1995). "A Bridge Memorial to Slain Teen". New York Daily News. p. 1247. Retrieved November 10, 2023 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-bridge-memorial-to-slain-te/134965589/ ↩

544. Roberts, Sam (December 27, 2009). "In Signs Leading to Brooklyn Bridge, A Tribute to Ari Halberstam". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 19, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/nyregion/28signs.html ↩

545. "Stick of Dynamite Is Discovered Under a Brooklyn Bridge Ramp". The New York Times. April 1, 1979. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/01/archives/stick-of-dynamite-is-discovered-under-a-brooklyn-bridge-ramp.html ↩

546. "Manhattan Artist Seized In Case of Bridge 'Bomb'". The New York Times. August 5, 1979. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/05/archives/manhattan-artist-seized-in-case-of-bridge-bomb.html ↩

547. Lichtblau, Eric (October 29, 2003). "Trucker Sentenced to 20 Years in Plot Against Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 27, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/us/trucker-sentenced-to-20-years-in-plot-against-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

548. Carey, Brainard (September 29, 2017). "John Halpern". WYBC, Yale University Radio. Praxis Interview Magazine, Museum of Nonvisible Art. Retrieved November 20, 2019. https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/john-halpern/ ↩

549. "Art Corporation of America Incorporated BRIDGING 1977". Summerhall Festival 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2019. https://festival17.summerhall.co.uk/exhibition/bridging-1977/ ↩

550. Tarozzi Goldsmith, Marcella (September 1, 1999). Future of Art, The: An Aesthetics of the New and the Sublime. SUNY Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7914-4315-6. Retrieved November 18, 2019. 978-0-7914-4315-6 ↩

551. "Manhattan Artist Seized In Case of Bridge 'Bomb'". The New York Times. August 5, 1979. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 20, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/05/archives/manhattan-artist-seized-in-case-of-bridge-bomb.html ↩

552. "700 Arrested After Protest On Brooklyn Bridge". NPR. October 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2011/10/01/140983353/about-500-arrested-after-protest-on-brooklyn-bridge ↩

553. "Occupy Wall Street – the Story of the Brooklyn Bridge 'Trap'". The Guardian. October 3, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2011/oct/03/occupy-wall-street-brooklyn-bridge-arrests ↩

554. Martin, Adam (May 1, 2012). "What Happened to Those 732 Occupiers Arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge?". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/what-happened-those-732-occupiers-arrested-brooklyn-bridge/328715/ ↩

555. "American Flags Bleached White Appear Atop Brooklyn Bridge". WNBC News. July 22, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2017. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/White-Flags-Brooklyn-Bridge-American-268110482.html ↩

556. "Brooklyn Bridge 'White Flags' Stump Police". BBC News. July 22, 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28427078 ↩

557. Esposito, Richard; Winter, Tom (July 23, 2014). "NYPD Looking for 4 Young Adults in Brooklyn Bridge Flags Probe: Official". WNBC News. Retrieved July 28, 2020. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Brooklyn-Bridge-Bleached-White-American-Flags-NYPD-Video-Four-Young-People-268361812.html ↩

558. Glorioso, Chris; Esposito, Richard (July 24, 2014). "NYPD Running License Plates, Examining Cellphone Transmissions, Collecting DNA in Brooklyn Bridge White Flags Investigation". WNBC News. Retrieved July 28, 2020. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Brooklyn-Bridge-White-Flags-Investigation-Cellphone-Surveillance-Social-Media-DNA-268507692.html ↩

559. "Germans Put Flags on Brooklyn Bridge". Daily Beast. August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014. http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/08/12/germans-put-flags-on-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

560. "Artists Claim Brooklyn Bridge Stunt". BBC News. August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28770540 ↩

561. Dienst, Jonathan (August 12, 2014). "Artists Claim White Flags on Bridge". WNBC New. Retrieved July 28, 2020. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/German-Artists-Claim-White-Flags-Brooklyn-Bridge-270977621.html ↩

562. "Brooklyn Bridge 'Opened' Again As Symbol of 50 Years' Progress; Mayor Re-Enacts Ceremony of 1883 as Planes, Ships and Fireworks Salute Parade – Growth of United Cities Hailed as Tribute to Roebling's Vision". The New York Times. May 25, 1933. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1933/05/25/archives/brooklyn-bridge-opened-again-as-symbol-of-50-years-progress-mayor.html ↩

563. "Brooklyn Bridge Jubilee; Dinner Committee Is Named for Golden Anniversary Tomorrow". The New York Times. May 23, 1933. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1933/05/23/archives/brooklyn-bridge-jubilee-dinner-committee-is-named-for-golden.html ↩

564. Carmody, Deirdre (May 24, 1983). "Brooklyn Bridge, 'The Only Bridge of Power, Life and Joy,' Turns 100; Today". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/24/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-the-only-bridge-of-power-life-and-joy-turns-100-today.html ↩

565. Golubski, Suzanne; Flynn, Don (May 25, 1983). "Million Hearts Given to Buy B'klyn Bridge". New York Daily News. pp. 2, 3, 31 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33568127/ ↩

566. "Biggest Fireworks Show Planned at Bridge". The New York Times. May 23, 1983. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/23/nyregion/biggest-fireworks-show-planned-at-bridge.html ↩

567. Golubski, Suzanne; Flynn, Don (May 25, 1983). "Million Hearts Given to Buy B'klyn Bridge". New York Daily News. pp. 2, 3, 31 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33568127/ ↩

568. "Brooklyn Bridge Show On View Into September". The New York Times. June 8, 1983. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/08/arts/brooklyn-bridge-show-on-view-into-september.html ↩

569. Hartman, Curtis (November 1, 1983). "Selling the Brooklyn Bridge". Inc. Retrieved January 9, 2012. http://www.inc.com/magazine/19831101/8676.html ↩

570. Burke, Kerry; Hutchinson, Bill (May 23, 2008). "Brooklyn Bridge Turns 125 with a Bang". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20080922162405/http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/05/22/2008-05-22_brooklyn_bridge_turns_125_with_a_bang.html ↩

571. "Brooklyn Bridge 125th Anniversary Celebration". ASCE Metropolitan Section. Retrieved November 12, 2016. http://www.ascemetsection.org/news-events/section-news/history-heritage-committee/121-brooklyn-bridge-125th-anniversary-celebration ↩

572. Ryzik, Melena (May 21, 2008). "Telescope Takes a Long View, To London". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/arts/design/21tele.html ↩

573. Farmer, Ann (May 21, 2008). "This Way to Brooklyn, This Way". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2009. https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/welcome-to-dumbo-its-right-under-you/ ↩

574. Barlow, John Perry (March 21, 1995). "The View from the Brooklyn Bridge In Response to 'The Five Imperatives for Electronic Trade'". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20110810205924/http://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/HTML/brooklyn_bridge.html ↩

575. "Brooklyn Bridge". National Park Service. Archived from the original on November 28, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20021128053708/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=376&ResourceType=Structure ↩

576. "48 Sites Are Listed As U.S. Landmarks". The New York Times. January 30, 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/30/archives/48-sites-are-listed-as-us-landmarks.html ↩

577. Armstrong, James B.; Bradford, S. Sydney (February 24, 1975). "The Brooklyn Bridge". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination. National Park Service."The Brooklyn Bridge—Accompanying three photos, from 1975". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination. National Park Service. February 24, 1975. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/66000523_text ↩

578. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP ↩

579. "Brooklyn Bridge" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. August 24, 1967. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2019. https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0098.pdf ↩

580. "Brooklyn Bridge". American Society of Civil Engineers Metropolitan Section. Retrieved November 12, 2016. http://www.ascemetsection.org/committees/history-and-heritage/landmarks/brooklyn-bridge ↩

581. "Brooklyn Bridge". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. October 11, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2019. https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6232/ ↩

582. "A Historic Home Marked". The New York Times. May 2, 1899. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 11, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/1899/05/02/archives/a-historic-home-marked-tablet-unveiled-at-site-of-first.html ↩

583. "A Piece of History Stands Hidden on Brooklyn Bridge". New York Sun. June 30, 2006. Retrieved January 24, 2020. http://www.nysun.com/new-york/piece-of-history-stands-hidden-on-brooklyn-bridge/35329/ ↩

584. "A City Plaque Extols the Gossamer Beauty of the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. March 6, 1975. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/06/archives/a-city-plaque-extols-the-gossamer-beauty-of-the-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

585. James, George (March 19, 1975). "Poets Caught in Span's Silky Web". New York Daily News. p. 338. Retrieved July 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33567066/ ↩

586. Cohen, Gabriel (November 27, 2005). "For You, Half Price". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 20, 2010. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/nyregion/thecity/27brid.html ↩

587. Haw 2005, p. 145. - Haw, Richard (2005). The Brooklyn Bridge : a cultural history. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3587-6. OCLC 56526458. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qwkexx6OATEC ↩

588. Nir, Sarah Maslin (November 14, 2016). "Dear John: Brooklyn Bridge Discourages Token of Love, With a Smile". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-lovelocks.html ↩

589. Walker, Ameena (October 8, 2016). "Brooklyn Bridge Is No Place for 'Love Locks,' Says City Officials". Curbed NY. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/8/13211344/brooklyn-bridge-love-locks-banned-new-york ↩

590. Frost, Mary (October 7, 2016). "'Love Locks' Lost, On Brooklyn Bridge". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/10/07/love-locks-lost-on-brooklyn-bridge/ ↩

591. "Brooklyn Bridge Museum Is Planned". The New York Times. August 20, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/20/archives/brooklyn-bridge-museum-is-planned-plaque-put-up-target-date-of-1976.html ↩

592. Goldberger, Paul (May 28, 1976). "Refound Art of the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/28/archives/refound-art-of-the-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

593. Goldberger, Paul (April 14, 1976). "Archives Get Plans Of Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/14/archives/archives-get-plans-of-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

594. Goldberger, Paul (May 28, 1976). "Refound Art of the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/28/archives/refound-art-of-the-brooklyn-bridge.html ↩

595. Kramer, Hilton (May 26, 1973). "Art: Brooklyn Bridge Celebrated". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 6, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/26/archives/art-brooklyn-bridge-celebrated-90th-birthday-marked-at-schoelkopf.html ↩

596. Wilmington, Michael (December 25, 2001). "'Kate & Leopold': No Logic Needed When You Have Ryan". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 25, 2020. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-12-25-0112250015-story.html ↩

597. McCullough 1972, pp. 548–549. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

598. McCullough 1972, pp. 548–549. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

599. Trachtenberg, Alan (July 15, 1979). Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226811154. Hart Crane brooklyn bridge. 9780226811154 ↩

600. Hapgood, Norman; Harvey, George Brinton Mcclellan; Bangs, John Kendrick; Nelson, Henry Loomis; Schurz, Carl; Davis, Richard Harding; Foord, John; Schuyler, Montgomery; Conant, Samuel Stillman; Alden, Henry Mills; Curtis, George William; Bonner, John (1883). The Bridge As A Monument. Harper's Magazine Company. p. 326 – via HathiTrust. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020054360&view=1up&seq=315 ↩

601. McCullough 1972, pp. 548–549. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

602. McCullough 1972, p. 550. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

603. Wojtowicz, Robert (1990). "Lewis Mumford: The Architectural Critic as Historian". Studies in the History of Art. Vol. 35. pp. 237–249. ISSN 0091-7338. JSTOR 42620520. /wiki/ISSN_(identifier) ↩

604. McCullough 1972, p. 550. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

605. McCullough 1972, p. 550. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

606. Haw 2005, p. 60. - Haw, Richard (2005). The Brooklyn Bridge : a cultural history. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3587-6. OCLC 56526458. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qwkexx6OATEC ↩

607. For bibliographical information about the book, see McCullough 1972. - McCullough, David (1972). The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21213-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bOM93rb22YEC ↩

608. Burns, Ken. "Why I Decided to Make Brooklyn Bridge". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved February 20, 2010. https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/brooklynbridge/about/ ↩

609. "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, The Brooklyn Bridge". BBC. September 11, 2003. Retrieved December 28, 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00x9pjq ↩

610. For bibliographical information about the book, see Wagner 2017. For some reviews of this book, see: Alexiou, Joseph (August 8, 2017). "The Personal and Political Struggles of the Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 28, 2019. Glover, Julian (June 18, 2017). "Chief Engineer: The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge review – in praise of New York's master builder". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved December 28, 2019. - Wagner, Erica (2017). Chief engineer : Washington Roebling : the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62040-051-7. OCLC 957022408. https://books.google.com/books?id=O5uZDgAAQBAJ ↩