<Tr> <Th> Designated NYCL </Th> <Td> August 24, 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Brooklyn Bridge Location in Lower Manhattan Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge (New York City) Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge (New York) Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge (the US) Show map of Lower Manhattan Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US Show all </Td> </Tr> <P> The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable - stayed / suspension bridge in New York City . It connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, spanning the East River . The Brooklyn Bridge has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m) and a height of 276.5 ft (84.3 m) above mean high water . It is one of the oldest roadway bridges in the United States and was the world's first steel - wire suspension bridge, as well as the first fixed crossing across the East River . </P> <P> The Brooklyn Bridge started construction in 1869 and was completed fourteen years later in 1883 . 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 . Over the years, the Brooklyn Bridge has undergone several reconfigurations; it formerly carried horse - drawn vehicles and elevated railway lines, but now carries vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle traffic . Commercial vehicles are banned from the bridge . </P>

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