Brooklyn Bridge
Carries | 6 lanes of roadway (cars only) Elevated trains (until 1944) Streetcars (until 1950) Pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses | East River
Locale | New York City (Civic Center, Manhattan – Dumbo/Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn)
Maintained by | New York City Department of Transportation
ID number | 22400119
Design | Suspension/Cable-stay Hybrid
Total length | 6,016 ft (1,833.7 m)
Width | 85 ft (25.9 m)
Height | 272 ft (82.9 m) (towers)
Longest span | 1,595.5 ft (486.3 m)
Clearance below | 133 ft (40.5 m) above mean high water
Designer | John Augustus Roebling
Opened | May 24, 1883; 136 years ago (1883-05-24)
Daily traffic | 105,679 (2016)
Toll | Free both ways