Brooklyn Bridge
Carries6 lanes of roadway (cars only)
Elevated trains (until 1944)
Streetcars (until 1950)
Pedestrians and bicycles
CrossesEast River
LocaleNew York City (Civic Center, Manhattan – Dumbo/Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn)
Maintained byNew York City Department of Transportation
ID number22400119
DesignSuspension/Cable-stay Hybrid
Total length6,016 ft (1,833.7 m)
Width85 ft (25.9 m)
Height272 ft (82.9 m) (towers)
Longest span1,595.5 ft (486.3 m)
Clearance below133 ft (40.5 m) above mean high water
DesignerJohn Augustus Roebling
OpenedMay 24, 1883; 136 years ago (1883-05-24)
Daily traffic105,679 (2016)
TollFree both ways