| There are a few large suspension bridges in areas | | | | along with the horses were replaced by motor |
| around the world. The United Kingdom has the Clifton | | | | vehicles and walkways. Today, the bridge has six |
| Suspension Bridge as well as the Humber Bridge. | | | | lanes devoted to auto traffic and a walkway for |
| Sidney Australia has the Sydney Harbour Bridge. | | | | bicycles and pedestrians. The bridge has some height |
| Japan has the Akashi-Kaiko bridge that was built in | | | | and weight restrictions so it is on open to large |
| 1998 and Hong Kong China has the Tsing Ma Bridge | | | | commercial trucks or buses. |
| that links Ma Wan to Lantau. Denmark and France | | | | As with any place that carries large numbers of |
| also have impressive suspension bridges with the | | | | people on any given day, there have been some |
| Storbaelt, Denmark and the Le Pont De Normandie. | | | | unfortunate events surrounding the bridge. There is |
| The Golden Gate Bridge is one of America's iconic | | | | always a few jumpers with a bridge no matter how |
| bridges, but the first real massive suspension bridge | | | | high it is. The first person to jump of the Brooklyn |
| was the Brooklyn Bridge. | | | | Bridge did so in 1885, only a couple of years after it |
| The Brooklyn Bridge crosses over the East River | | | | opened. There have been many more since then. |
| connecting the big city of Manhattan to the | | | | There has been a notable shooting on the bridge |
| neighboring suburbs of Brooklyn. It was first called | | | | which was in 1994. Motivated by revenge over one |
| the Brooklyn Bridge when some one wrote the | | | | religions person against a religions group. Even during |
| editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1867. It wasn't | | | | the building of the bridge some strange things |
| even built yet. It was completed in 1883 and it was | | | | happened to the builders themselves. John Roebling |
| the first steel wire suspension bridge. Until 1903, it | | | | the main builder in charge, was injured during the |
| was the longest suspension bridge ever built. They | | | | construction and ended up dying of complications |
| finally added the bridge to the National Historic | | | | leaving the project to his son. Washington Roebling |
| Landmark record in 1964. | | | | took up the reigns for his father until he suffered |
| The great bridge has seen the forms of | | | | from decompression sickness and suffered a |
| transportation completely transform for more than a | | | | paralyzing injury. His wife, Emily Warren Roebling, |
| hundred years and was always updated to | | | | ended up being the main communication between her |
| accommodated the changes. The bridge originally was | | | | husband and the engineers. She ended up learning all |
| traveled by horse back, horse drawn carriage, and | | | | about how to engineer a bridge and spent eleven |
| trolley traffic. Over the years the trains and trolleys | | | | years assisting in the construction. |