Brooklyn Bridge

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T Brooklyn Bridge accessible Brooklyn entrances Tillary/Adams Streets, Sands/Pearl Streets, Ex 28B eastbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. I Manhattan, motor enter either direction FDR Drive, P R, Chambers/Centre Streets, Pearl/Frankfort Streets. Pedestrian access bridge Brooklyn either Tillary/Adams Streets ( between entrance/exit), staircase Prospect S between Cadman Plaza E W. I Manhattan, pedestrian walkway accessible Centre Street, through unpaid south staircase Brooklyn Bridge-Cy H IRT subway station. T Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway p walkers cyclists, center bridge higher automobile lanes. While bridge always permitted passage pedestrians across span, allowing thousands cross takes special importance times difficulty usual means crossing E River become unavailable.

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Cultural significance

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