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NYC celebrates Manhattan Bridge's 100th anniversary
Photo credit: Ed Ou, Associated Press | The Manhattan Bridge is illuminated by fireworks during the annual Fourth of July display in New York, Friday, July 4, 2008.
The man who designed her deflection cables also designed the infamous Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which collapsed four months after being built.
And, certainly, she never fostered mystique or intrigue the way her rivermate did.
But though the youngest and far from the most-beautiful of the four bridges that span the East River, the Manhattan Bridge has stood the test of time and this year...
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