The Brooklyn Bridge was being built during
'Custer’s Last Stand” at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
It took place at the same time that the world's first steel wire
suspension bridge, the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, was under
construction.
The battle was fought between forces of the Lakota, Northern
Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the United States Army. The
defeat of US forces, led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer,
was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
The Brooklyn Bridge still stands proud, having undergone major
renovation works between 2011-2015, and carries roughly 150,000
vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians between Manhattan and
Brooklyn each day.