text: **B R O O K LYN BRIDGE, New Yo r k**
  
  The Brooklyn Bridge, proudly standing over the East River and 
  
  connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, endures as 
  
  one of the most famous bridges in America. When completed in 
  
  May 1883, the 5989-foot-long Brooklyn Bridge was the largest 
  
  suspension bridge in the world. 