Walking Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn ( February 10, 2021)
I walk the Brooklyn Bridge from City Hall, Manhattan to DUMBO, Brooklyn. The walk itself was dangerous as there was snow and ice falling from the bridge onto the roads and paths. There was also construction and renovation work being done on the bridge itself. From Wikipedia: The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cablestayed, suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest roadway bridges in the United States. Started in 1869 and completed fourteen years later in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1, 595. 5 feet (486. 3 m) and was the first steelwire suspension bridge constructed. It was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867, letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since opening, it has become an icon of New York City and was designated a Natio
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