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20 Facts About the Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge Fly-By

Brooklyn Bridge Fly-By

Fact No. 12: The bridge's cost when it was built was $15.1 million. Pictured: Howard Hughes flies a twin-propeller Lockheed 14 Super Electra past the bridge during his bid to circle the globe in four days.

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Jul 14, 1938