Correction for the weight of The Brooklyn Bridge
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How heavy is 636 long tons?
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as The Brooklyn Bridge
The weight of The Brooklyn Bridge is about 13,110 long tons.
(a.k.a. New York and Brooklyn Bridge) (Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, New York) (total weight)
The total weight of the Brooklyn Bridge is approximately 13,110 long tons. In a promotional event to prove the bridge's stability shortly after it opened, entertainer P. T. Barnum led a parade of 21 elephants across it in May of 1884.