Today, January 3, 2021, is the 151st anniversary of the start of construction on the Brooklyn Bridge, a now world-famous New York landmark, but the first fixed crossing over the east river, between Long Island and Manhattan.
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It is the southernmost of four bridges that now connect the two islands, but if took thirteen years to open after construction began in 1870. It’s appeared in a lot of movies, and here’s a compilation of same from 2016.
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