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The Brooklyn Bridge is a historic structure connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City across the East River. Construction began in 1869 and was completed in 1883. The bridge was designed by one of the leading engineers of the period, John Augustus Roebling, who developed a special technique for producing the steel wire cables that form the bridge’s core structural elements. However, Roebling died from an accident at the onset of the project. His son, Washington Roebling,