6. The Brooklyn Bridge
Situated in Brooklyn, New York City
Founded in 1883
Price: $320 million
Situated in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid suspension bridge with cable stays. Brooklyn and Manhattan are connected by the East River Bridge. After years of building, it was finally opened in 1883. The Roebling family designed the bridge, and it took thirteen years to build.
Brooklyn Bridge ©Shutterstock/Taiga
Due to a long list of political disputes and infighting inside the Tammany-Hall-controlled NY Bridge Company, the new hybrid design was repeatedly canceled and then relaunched. It opened at last, after thirteen years of bureaucratic entanglement. The Brooklyn Bridge was renovated in the 1950s, 1980s, and 2010 with millions of dollars’ worth of additional enhancements, and it is included on numerous lists of historical landmarks.
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