Brooklyn Bridge In Pictures

I live in Tribeca, just steps away from the Brooklyn Bridge. I often run over the bridge but I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve taken a leisurely stroll over it. One of those times was earlier this month when I wanted to slow down so I spent a cold Saturday afternoon alone with my camera exploring the bridge’s architecture.

How do you like to slow down?

Here’s what I saw that day in pictures, but first, a brief history lesson.

Constructed in 1869, the Brooklyn Bridge was designed by John Augustus Roebling, a pioneer in suspension bridge design. Having improved on the widely-used but notoriously unreliable bridge design by adding a web truss to either side to stabilize the structure under strong winds and heavy loads, the Brooklyn Bridge project was approved. The bridge would be the very first steel suspension bridge with the longest span in the world, 1,600 feet. The process of building the bridge was grueling, workers were forced to work in uncomfortable conditions and several died. The Brooklyn Bridge opened on My 24, 1883 connecting New York  and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Today the bridge carries 150,000 pedestrians and vehicles daily. (for more, https://www.history.com/topics/brooklyn-bridge)