Today I wanted to take a walk and the weather was good, so I thought I'd walk across the Brooklyn bridge. The Brooklyn bridge is 5,989 feet long, and is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the US. Built between 1870 and 1883, at the time of its construction it was the suspension bridge with a longest span in the world, and the two supporting towers were the tallest buildings in the Americas. The engineer who designed it planned for the structure to support six times more weight than it was needed, and that's the reason it is still standing today.
Besides the six lanes for cars, it has an elevated platform for pedestrians and bicycles. It takes almost exactly half an hour to walk across it. Here's a picture, taken from the middle of the bridge, where you can see its structure and the Manhattan skyline.
In this other Southbound picture, you can see a small Statue of Liberty. Also you can see Governor's Island, and at the back, Staten Island, the fifth borough of New York. You can also see the orange-colored Staten Island ferry. This ferry is free, and it goes by the Statue of Liberty, so it's become one more tourist attraction.
