This Day In History: Williamsburg Bridge opens, 1903
Friday, December 19th, 2008
The second bridge to span the East River (after the Brooklyn Bridge), the Williamsburg bridge started operations on December 19, 1903. At the time of construction, the Bridge was the longest suspension bridge on earth. Watch a clip from the actual opening in 1903…
Williamsburg Bridge has always been free–but now the MTA is knocking around ideas to put tolls on the East River bridges to pay for capital construction projects in NYC. Take our poll.
The day the bridge was opened was immortalized on (early!) film by the American Mutoscope Company. Watch it below!
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