Q 01/05

Which body of water does the Brooklyn Bridge span?

A) The Gowanus Canal

B) The Harlem

C) The East River

D) The Hudson

Answer · why

C) The East River

It was the first fixed crossing of the river, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, then separate cities.

Q 02/05

On what date did the Brooklyn Bridge open?

A) 15 October 1898

B) 1 January 1870

C) 4 July 1876

D) 24 May 1883

Answer · why

D) 24 May 1883

On the first day 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed.

Q 03/05

What was the length of the bridge's main span, making it the longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened?

A) 1,595.5 feet (486 m)

B) 800 feet (244 m)

C) 5,989 feet (1,825 m)

D) 3,500 feet (1,067 m)

Answer · why

A) 1,595.5 feet (486 m)

The deck sits 127 feet above mean high water; the whole structure between curbs is about 6,016 feet.

Q 04/05

Before the Brooklyn Bridge, its designer had built a suspension bridge over which river between Cincinnati and Covington?

A) The Mississippi

B) The Potomac

C) The Ohio

D) The Delaware

Answer · why

C) The Ohio

He had also built the Niagara Suspension Bridge and the Delaware Aqueduct in Pennsylvania.

Q 05/05

How did John Roebling die in 1869, before construction began?

A) Caisson disease from the works

B) He drowned in the East River

C) He fell from an unfinished tower

D) Tetanus after a ferry crushed his foot

Answer · why

D) Tetanus after a ferry crushed his foot

His crushed toes were amputated during final surveys in June 1869; the infection killed him the next month.