More info on the Brooklyn Bridge: Each main cable measures 40 cm in diameter and contains 5,282 parallel, galvanized steel wires wrapped closely together in a cylindrical shape. These wires are bundled in 19 individual strands, with 278 wires to a strand. This was the first use of bundling in a suspension bridge and took several months for workers to tie together! The towers rest on underwater caissons made of southern yellow pine. Both caissons contain interior spaces that were used by construction workers. The Manhattan side's caisson is slightly larger. The caisson on the Manhattan side was slightly different because it had to be installed at a greater depth. To protect against the increased air pressure at that depth, the Manhattan caisson had 22 layers of timber on its roof, seven more than its Brooklyn counterpart had. The bridge's two suspension towers are 85 m tall with a footprint of 43 by 18 meters at the high water line. They are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The limestone was quarried at the Clark Quarry in Essex County, New York. The granite blocks were quarried and shaped on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, under a contract with the Bodwell Granite Company, and delivered from Maine to New York by schooner.
Regarding the Roeblings: The span was designed by John A. Roebling, however Emily wasn't John's wife. John died because of an injury as his foot was crushed by a ferry and he refused treatment. After John's death, Washington took over, but not for long as Washington was the guy who was sick, and thus that's why Emily took over. But yes, she developed extensive knowledge and took over much of the chief engineer duties, including day-to-day supervision and project management. When the bridge was finally completed in 1883, she was the first to cross it by carriage! While the Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883, the neighboring Manhattan Bridge was built between 1901 and 1909! The Manhattan Bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff and built by the Phoenix Bridge Company. Leon was born in 1872 in Riga in what's now Latvia. Leon was an advocate of all-steel bridges, and he became known for his work on "deflection theory," which held that the longer bridges were, the more flexible they could be. Charles Alton Ellis elaborated on Moisseiff's theories and applied them in the design of the Golden Gate Bridge. Leon went on to design the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940 but due to the bridge's notorious collapse, he lost his reputation.
I only walked the Brooklyn Bridge once with my family in the 1960s. It didn't seem so crowded back then, and noisy too with the cars. I would also be a little scared looking through the wooden walkway seeing the East River by my feet. Thanks for your service Thea. I didn't knew you would in the military 🇺🇲 Thanks again for showing your experience walking over the Brooklyn Bridge. Big thumbs up #90 😎👍
June 2022, first time in NYC. Took the A train from 127th Harlem missed my stop at High St got off at Jay St. Took pics of the same wrong bridge then figured it out! Luv your vids!
This video was so much fun! Great news that now there's no vendors on the bridge! And your sponsor is also very useful to us foreigners indeed! Thanx so much dear Thea!
Nice to see throngs of visitors, not put off by some media descriptions of how bad New York is supposed to be these days. You, Barr, ActionKid, et al., are performing a great service.
I actually did the full length of the Brooklyn Bridge a few years ago from City Hall/Park Row to Dumbo, followed by Piers 1 to 6 and I really enjoyed it! It was so much fun seeing the exciting views of the skyline, Manhattan Bridge and the background views of Brooklyn and so much more to see 😊
It's a surprisingly long walk 'thanks' to those long ramps up and down the bridge itself. I've walked Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn, then walked along the shore, did some free kayaking, then walked the Brooklyn Bridge back around sunset. Very nice, but takes time. And the Manhattan Bridge is very noisy too - all metal with subway trains crossing it. Used T-mobile SIM card when in the US. I think it was $60 for 4 weeks with unlimited calls and 10GB of data that I shared with the family members via hotspot/tethering. Holafly looks good if you have eSIM compatible device however, there is no data sharing via hotspot, so each family member needs an own subscription and it actually adds up. But for a single traveler and/or short trips it makes sense.
OMG It's so crowded! Was it a Saturday? It would be such a pleasant walk without all the cars! Even if they don't get rid of them, taking the speed down, way down, would help the noise aspect. But you still have the fumes. 😵💫
I remember when the Brooklyn Bridge had the bike lane on the pedestrian walkway. It was never fun to walk on with the bikes. It was a good move moving the bike lane down to the roadway.
I walked the Brooklyn Bridge a few times from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Walking either way there are nice views! I have that same fear of falling when being so high up! (As a MTA Train Operator I often lay up or park trains on the elevated structure!! I just focus getting to the platform or getting on the ground and not look down!!) Otherwise great video! I did walk the Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan and that was great!
2:30 When I travel international, I will always get a prepaid service from a local carrier rather then paying NZ$8/day Roaming charges. As example, when I was in the US in 2022, one of the first tasks on my list of objective after checking in at my hotel, having previously heavily researched options before departure, was to gets my chosen carrier & plan established.
I love walking the brooklyn bridge! I always walk it every single time I travel up to NYC! Very interesting fact about the elephants walking across the brooklyn bridge! Was wondering can you do a video of your ranking of NYC comedy clubs like top 5 favorite? Have a wonderful day beautiful lady😘😘😘 xox
Another fun fact: For the very first pedestrians walking on the brand new bridge, it was the first time they were up high enough to walk over birds flying underneath them...
Seems ripe for some more traffic calming! (even for a Saturday, that appeared to be pretty LOUD o_O edit=...maybe one of the two remaining lanes should be for buses/trams? +same on the other side ofc)
Until the 1940s, the elevated train line from Downtown Brooklyn's Fulton St. crossed the bridge. Trolley cars (streetcars/trams) crossed until around 1950.
This vlog was very helpful, thanks for sharing. I will cross the bridge on my vacation to NYC this year. How can i get from Penn Station NYC to the Brooklyn bridge walkway entrance from the Manhattan side?
How can you have a fear of falling? But you've gone skydiving. I'm a little taken aback by that, especially if you were in the military. Also, I did not know that about you. Thank you for your service🫡
Thank you for making a tutorial on how to use both of my feet to travel a structure that elevates itself across a river. edit: just watched the video. Man Brooklyn Bridge looks so weird without those Vendors. Anyways great vid!
right. you've walked the Brooklyn Bridge. any chance of you doing the same on the Williamsburg Bridge? i know this video a lot to do, but if others enjoyed this video as i did, i think it would be welcome.... then again, iam a bit partial to Williamsburg Bridge, i use the B 39 to cross it. i take it every so often to the Regal of Essex Crossing
I was in Manhattan last summer and since I’m not from the USA I was afraid I might miss something form work (or lose my precious Duolingo streak) because I couldn’t get cell service, but New York has all these poles dotted around the city that spread WiFi and it’s free to use. Also, a lot of restaurants had free WiFi.
The tourist situation wasn't that bad before 2014. The rise of instagram really ruined it. (A similar thing happened to Everest) You used to only have to scream at a few people to bike across. You'd think people from countries with stronger bike-cultures (Most of the wealthier countries in Eurasia, who provide most of the tourists) would know how to behave around bikes. The new bike path isn't great. It's an easier ride, but the view is sad, and it's too narrow to pass/break down. It needs to be mirrored on the other side.
Last time I was there was before they put in the bike lanes. It was rough for cyclists trying to get across the bridge, and it wasn't even that busy. Now...if they could just reduce the car traffic... But that's a whole other thing.
Clark St. on the 2/3. If you want to stroll by some small businesses and maybe catch a bite to eat, then you can get off at Court Street on the R train.
@@NikkiG127 both stations are easy to navigate, though Clark St. has an elevator to enter and exit the station (though a hotel) since the station is deep.
Just to be clear about the Roeblings: John Roebling was the original designer of the bridge. He learned bridge building as a means to sell his patented stranded wire cables. He died following a dock accident in the early days of the bridge’s construction. Son Washington took over until he was crippled by compression sickness (“the bends”) from working in the caissons. Wife Emily took over from there… but her true role was concealed by pretending to relay her husband’s instructions to the workers, as women weren’t thought to be capable at the time.
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Wow how to walk .... How low we have sunk as a nation and world. Actually there's stairs closer to the water near dumbo so that could be considered the "entrance"
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More info on the Brooklyn Bridge: Each main cable measures 40 cm in diameter and contains 5,282 parallel, galvanized steel wires wrapped closely together in a cylindrical shape. These wires are bundled in 19 individual strands, with 278 wires to a strand. This was the first use of bundling in a suspension bridge and took several months for workers to tie together! The towers rest on underwater caissons made of southern yellow pine. Both caissons contain interior spaces that were used by construction workers. The Manhattan side's caisson is slightly larger. The caisson on the Manhattan side was slightly different because it had to be installed at a greater depth. To protect against the increased air pressure at that depth, the Manhattan caisson had 22 layers of timber on its roof, seven more than its Brooklyn counterpart had.
The bridge's two suspension towers are 85 m tall with a footprint of 43 by 18 meters at the high water line. They are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The limestone was quarried at the Clark Quarry in Essex County, New York. The granite blocks were quarried and shaped on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, under a contract with the Bodwell Granite Company, and delivered from Maine to New York by schooner.
I always enjoy what you add to the comments. Thanks!
Regarding the Roeblings: The span was designed by John A. Roebling, however Emily wasn't John's wife. John died because of an injury as his foot was crushed by a ferry and he refused treatment. After John's death, Washington took over, but not for long as Washington was the guy who was sick, and thus that's why Emily took over. But yes, she developed extensive knowledge and took over much of the chief engineer duties, including day-to-day supervision and project management. When the bridge was finally completed in 1883, she was the first to cross it by carriage!
While the Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883, the neighboring Manhattan Bridge was built between 1901 and 1909! The Manhattan Bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff and built by the Phoenix Bridge Company. Leon was born in 1872 in Riga in what's now Latvia. Leon was an advocate of all-steel bridges, and he became known for his work on "deflection theory," which held that the longer bridges were, the more flexible they could be. Charles Alton Ellis elaborated on Moisseiff's theories and applied them in the design of the Golden Gate Bridge. Leon went on to design the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940 but due to the bridge's notorious collapse, he lost his reputation.
I only walked the Brooklyn Bridge once with my family in the 1960s. It didn't seem so crowded back then, and noisy too with the cars. I would also be a little scared looking through the wooden walkway seeing the East River by my feet. Thanks for your service Thea. I didn't knew you would in the military 🇺🇲 Thanks again for showing your experience walking over the Brooklyn Bridge. Big thumbs up #90
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I use to walk across quite often in late 1980s to early 90s. Was definitely less crowded and dodging bikes wasn't really a problem then.
@@RBzee112Cool 😎
I think it's fun that you used the invention of toilet paper as the guidepost to put 1884 in perspective.
😅 Need to really emphasized the time period.
Welp i been to brooklyn
And Thea You Know Coney Island Is In Brooklyn
Jim the brooklyn bridge was completed in 1883
This has to be one of my favorite videos you’ve done. I love your positivity and bubbly energy. Keep up the great work.
Didn’t know you were in the military! Thank you for your service
June 2022, first time in NYC. Took the A train from 127th Harlem missed my stop at High St got off at Jay St. Took pics of the same wrong bridge then figured it out! Luv your vids!
Lol, were you taking pics of the Manhattan bridge?
@@UrbanCaffeine Yep, couple of snaps of the bridge Manhattan Bridge towers in the distance.
This video was so much fun! Great news that now there's no vendors on the bridge! And your sponsor is also very useful to us foreigners indeed! Thanx so much dear Thea!
Nice to see throngs of visitors, not put off by some media descriptions of how bad New York is supposed to be these days. You, Barr, ActionKid, et al., are performing a great service.
Thanks again for another beautiful vlog Thea. I always wondered how that story started I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge lol 🤣
You're welcome! I appreciate it. 😊
Love the sound when the video starts
Great thumbnail 😀
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I actually did the full length of the Brooklyn Bridge a few years ago from City Hall/Park Row to Dumbo, followed by Piers 1 to 6 and I really enjoyed it! It was so much fun seeing the exciting views of the skyline, Manhattan Bridge and the background views of Brooklyn and so much more to see 😊
It's a surprisingly long walk 'thanks' to those long ramps up and down the bridge itself. I've walked Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn, then walked along the shore, did some free kayaking, then walked the Brooklyn Bridge back around sunset. Very nice, but takes time. And the Manhattan Bridge is very noisy too - all metal with subway trains crossing it. Used T-mobile SIM card when in the US. I think it was $60 for 4 weeks with unlimited calls and 10GB of data that I shared with the family members via hotspot/tethering. Holafly looks good if you have eSIM compatible device however, there is no data sharing via hotspot, so each family member needs an own subscription and it actually adds up. But for a single traveler and/or short trips it makes sense.
OMG It's so crowded! Was it a Saturday? It would be such a pleasant walk without all the cars! Even if they don't get rid of them, taking the speed down, way down, would help the noise aspect. But you still have the fumes. 😵💫
Yes, it was a Saturday midday. And it's February. In the summer there will be a lot more people.
I remember when the Brooklyn Bridge had the bike lane on the pedestrian walkway. It was never fun to walk on with the bikes. It was a good move moving the bike lane down to the roadway.
I walked the Brooklyn Bridge a few times from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Walking either way there are nice views! I have that same fear of falling when being so high up! (As a MTA Train Operator I often lay up or park trains on the elevated structure!! I just focus getting to the platform or getting on the ground and not look down!!) Otherwise great video! I did walk the Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan and that was great!
NYC is wild. At absolutely no point did I think you were going to say PT Barnum put elephants on that bridge 😂
Did the walk when I was there last year. Lots of fun.
2:30 When I travel international, I will always get a prepaid service from a local carrier rather then paying NZ$8/day Roaming charges. As example, when I was in the US in 2022, one of the first tasks on my list of objective after checking in at my hotel, having previously heavily researched options before departure, was to gets my chosen carrier & plan established.
I love walking the brooklyn bridge! I always walk it every single time I travel up to NYC! Very interesting fact about the elephants walking across the brooklyn bridge! Was wondering can you do a video of your ranking of NYC comedy clubs like top 5 favorite? Have a wonderful day beautiful lady😘😘😘 xox
So how far is it?
It is one mile
I remember when everybody was mixed together with bikes and pedestrians, it was a mess. They made the right choice moving the bikes onto the side
That's one walk I still want to make! Maybe the next time I'm in town! Thank you for the video!!
Christ the car noise is insane
Nice video, the noise from the cars and wind was disturbing though.
Another fun fact: For the very first pedestrians walking on the brand new bridge, it was the first time they were up high enough to walk over birds flying underneath them...
I hope you took the subway back home. Maybe less anxiety.
Seems ripe for some more traffic calming!
(even for a Saturday, that appeared to be pretty LOUD o_O
edit=...maybe one of the two remaining lanes should be for buses/trams? +same on the other side ofc)
Until the 1940s, the elevated train line from Downtown Brooklyn's Fulton St. crossed the bridge. Trolley cars (streetcars/trams) crossed until around 1950.
This vlog was very helpful, thanks for sharing. I will cross the bridge on my vacation to NYC this year. How can i get from Penn Station NYC to the Brooklyn bridge walkway entrance from the Manhattan side?
Love the historical info!!!!
How can you have a fear of falling? But you've gone skydiving. I'm a little taken aback by that, especially if you were in the military. Also, I did not know that about you. Thank you for your service🫡
A bridge for just pedestrians and bikers needs to be built in NYC like they have in London.
There have been several proposals over the years. It's just hard to get things approved.
Thank you for making a tutorial on how to use both of my feet to travel a structure that elevates itself across a river.
edit: just watched the video. Man Brooklyn Bridge looks so weird without those Vendors. Anyways great vid!
right. you've walked the Brooklyn Bridge. any chance of you doing the same on the Williamsburg Bridge?
i know this video a lot to do, but if others enjoyed this video as i did, i think it would be welcome....
then again, iam a bit partial to Williamsburg Bridge, i use the B 39 to cross it. i take it every so often to the Regal of Essex Crossing
When I did the 12 Days of Transit last December, one of the videos was riding the B39. Really interesting route.
I was in Manhattan last summer and since I’m not from the USA I was afraid I might miss something form work (or lose my precious Duolingo streak) because I couldn’t get cell service, but New York has all these poles dotted around the city that spread WiFi and it’s free to use. Also, a lot of restaurants had free WiFi.
The things we do for that Duolingo streak 😅
Make more vidéos like this (on site) !
Love you ❤️
10:31 The Gherey monstrosity to the right of the WTC always gives me a headache. It looks like someone took a normal building and twisted it.
8:56 Isn't skydiving basically the act of falling? 🤣🤣
The tourist situation wasn't that bad before 2014. The rise of instagram really ruined it. (A similar thing happened to Everest) You used to only have to scream at a few people to bike across. You'd think people from countries with stronger bike-cultures (Most of the wealthier countries in Eurasia, who provide most of the tourists) would know how to behave around bikes.
The new bike path isn't great. It's an easier ride, but the view is sad, and it's too narrow to pass/break down. It needs to be mirrored on the other side.
Last time I was there was before they put in the bike lanes. It was rough for cyclists trying to get across the bridge, and it wasn't even that busy.
Now...if they could just reduce the car traffic... But that's a whole other thing.
That’s the best part of NYC the noise.
Easier entrance opposite Cranberry st at Cadman Plaza. Right by the A High St station. Less walking.
What Subway stop do you recommend for those traveling from midtown Manhattan to get to the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade?
Clark St. on the 2/3. If you want to stroll by some small businesses and maybe catch a bite to eat, then you can get off at Court Street on the R train.
@@97nelsn wonderful! Thank you! Is it simple to navigate to the promenade from the station?
@@NikkiG127 both stations are easy to navigate, though Clark St. has an elevator to enter and exit the station (though a hotel) since the station is deep.
W cameraman ;)
It is more than a 1 mile walk across the bridge. Does the bridge shake and bounce under you wile you walk over it?
Its about a mile and a quarter. The bridge doesn't bounce, but you can feel when heavy cars go by.
Just to be clear about the Roeblings: John Roebling was the original designer of the bridge. He learned bridge building as a means to sell his patented stranded wire cables. He died following a dock accident in the early days of the bridge’s construction. Son Washington took over until he was crippled by compression sickness (“the bends”) from working in the caissons. Wife Emily took over from there… but her true role was concealed by pretending to relay her husband’s instructions to the workers, as women weren’t thought to be capable at the time.
Casually points out she's a veteran. Subtle flex.
How did you go skydiving if you’re afraid of falling?
Wow
Much better since they got rid of the vendors on the bridge.
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Seems like everyone *should* be afraid of falling (not heights)
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Wow how to walk .... How low we have sunk as a nation and world. Actually there's stairs closer to the water near dumbo so that could be considered the "entrance"
the teeth look awesome...😁👌
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"How to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge" Id suggest using your feet.
Is this Kamala Harris?