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20 Facts About the Brooklyn Bridge

The Web of the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

The Web of the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Fact No. 10: Each of the bridge's four supporting cables is 3,578 feet, 6 inches long and 15 1/2 inches thick, and contains 21,000 wires that, combined, would have a total length of 14,060 miles.

Photo: Martin Child

Jul 31, 2008