Its six lanes (and one pedestrian and bicycle walkway) span the East River, connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn. Walking across the bridge remains a tourist pastime. Some visitors decide to skip the ...

Following 13 years of construction, New York’s Brooklyn Bridge was opened ... led by the famous Jumbo, for a walk across the bridge’s expanse. Barnum’s ploy was a success.

The Brooklyn Bridge, built in 1883, connects Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River and is ... built in for breaks and photo stops along the walk. The bridge runs about a mile each way ...

Hundreds took to the Brooklyn Bridge on March ... yet violent civil rights march across an Alabama bridge, including those who originally made the walk all those years ago. Dr. Martin Luther ...

At the opening ceremony of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, she was the first to drive across the span with a rooster, as a sign of victory, proving that barriers are meant to be broken. Roebling then ...