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20 Facts About the Brooklyn Bridge
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The Brooklyn Bridge Spans Time
Fact No. 20: The Brooklyn Bridge was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964, after physically joining the island Manhattan and Long Island for 81 years.
Click here to check out LIFE's gallery on the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, which began 31 years prior to that
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Photo: Andreas Feininger./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
May 01, 1954
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