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Updated: June 9, 2025
He built a structure that contained 10,540 tons of iron, and cost 601,000 pounds sterling, or about $3,000,000. Now, for a span of 1,595-1/2 feet, the Brooklyn Bridge contains but 6,740 tons of material, and will sustain seven times its own weight.
On account of their great weight they had to be braided, strand by strand, in their permanent position. Suspenders from these cables grappled the body of the bridge at frequent intervals. The main span was I,595-1/2 feet long, the entire work about 6,000 feet. There were five passageways two on the outside for carriages, the next two for cable cars, the middle one for foot passengers.
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