The Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is in New York City and connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was designed by John Augustus Roebling as a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge. Roebling was killed in an accident just before construction started in 1869. His son Washington A. Roebling who had assisted his father in the design of the Brooklyn bridge and several other projects then took over the job of chief engineer at the age of 32 years. The Brooklyn Bridge over the East River opened on May 24, 1883.
p4A.com editorial staff, October 2014.