5120 x 3401 px | 43,3 x 28,8 cm | 17,1 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
17 septembre 2017
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The Brooklyn Bridge New York City United States of America North America. Brooklyn Bridge . Built between 1870 and 1883 , and initially named as " Bridge New York and Brooklyn , " was the first suspension bridge in the world built on steel, conviertiendo arguably one of the main icons of the city. It measures 1825 meters in length and has a distance of 486.3 meters between the two towers of support, a record that stood until six years built the Forth Bridge. Six hundred people worked on this project which was designed by John Roebling , who died before the beginning of its construction. His son took over , but was immobilized on a bed suffering decompression sickness while submerged in the waters of the Hudson to help in excavations. In the end, the wife of the son of John , Emily Warren Roebling took over the work and was the first person to cross the bridge once open to the public . A few months after being opened to the public , a woman stumbled as she walked by him and screamed. Quickly it was rumored that the bridge was sinking and people ran stampeded , killing 12 of them . People initially doubted his strength and was necessary for the presence of known circus elephants 21 to corroborate it up . It has also been used as a backdrop in numerous films as "Saturday Night Fever" , " Manhattan " by Woody Allen, "Gangs of New York " , among many others. The cars pass through the bottom of the bridge, while above is a pedestrian area and a bike path by passing real kamikazes do not hesitate to run over or yelling gibberish to any tourist who interfere in their way.
