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Brooklyn bridge stands strong, despite 150 years of close calls and collisions
The Brooklyn Bridge, a historic New York landmark, has a long history of collisions with ships, dating back to its ...
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How the Brooklyn Bridge went from being a 'wild experiment' in architecture to becoming designated a historical landmark 140 years later
Washington Roebling took up the ... the Brooklyn Bridge. Roebling began working on plans for the Brooklyn Bridge in 1867. He had planned out the big stone structures and how the cables for the ...
Ships have been hitting the Brooklyn Bridge for nearly 150 years
A Mexican navy tall ship’s fatal collision with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday highlighted a hazard that has worried ...
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2 Dead After Mexican Navy Tall Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge
The massive sailing ship somehow lost power and was dragged under the bridge, snapping its masts. Nearly two dozen crew ...
5 fateful minutes led to the deadly Brooklyn Bridge ship collision
A Mexican Navy training ship on a goodwill tour struck the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge, leaving two crew members dead and ...
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Brooklyn Bridge’s new bright lights shine on storied NYC landmark
The Brooklyn Bridge towers glowed bright Thursday night, with new LEDs lighting up the bridge for the first ... lights on the bridges’ suspension cables were converted to LED bulbs in 2021.
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NYC DOT celebrates New Year’s ‘glow up’ for historic Brooklyn Bridge
FULTON FERRY LANDING — New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced on Thursday that the Brooklyn Bridge received a major New Year’s “glow up.” ...