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The Bridge Fire burns the mountain communities to the northeast of Los Angeles, in Wrightwood, California, U.S. September 11, 2024.
Line and Bridge Fires blaze in California, thousands of acres torched, thousands evacuated Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Claire Thornton, USA TODAY Updated September 13, 2024 at 10:51 PM
The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. Proposals for a bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn were first made in the early 19th century, which eventually led to the construction of the current span, designed by John A. Roebling .
The Bridge Fire in Southern California exponentially exploded over 10 times in size in a matter of 24 hours, as firefighters grappled with two other major fires in the region and a man was ...
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
On June 5, 1995, at 6:18 a.m. , a New York City Subway J train crashed into the back of a stopped M train on the Williamsburg Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York City. The motorman of the J train, 46-year-old Layton Gibson, died upon impact and 54 passengers were injured.
Three major wildfires are currently burning across four counties in Southern California, forcing thousands to evacuate.
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods. The ...