 The History & Heritage Committee is responsible for collecting information relating to local civil engineering projects and prominent engineers of historical interest, nominating civil engineering landmarks, maintaining a history of the Met Section, presenting historical programs, and working with the media to publicize Historical Civil Engineering Landmarks.
In 1964, ASCE was the first national engineering society to establish a permanent History & Heritage Committee to enhance the knowledge and appreciation of our history and heritage. The Met Section and its members have been recognized for their contributions towards this objective. In 1984, the Met Section was the second Section to receive a History and Heritage Citation from ASCE. The Society played a large role in the restoration of the Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty for their centennial celebrations in 1983 and 1986. Met Section members have been the recipients of the Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award and the William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award from the Society.
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The Metropolitan Section has been selected as a 2009 recipient of a History and Heritage Citation. The citation is given by ASCE's History and Heritage Committee and recognizes the role Sections and Branches play in promoting civil engineering history to the public and preserving the history of the field. The Met Section was recognized for its outreach activities over the course of the year, especially during the 125th anniversary celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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In October 2008, the Met Section submitted nominations for the Manhattan, Queensboro, and Williamsburg Bridges to ASCE's History and Heritage Committee (HHC) for National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (NHCEL) status. The nomination packages included published papers, articles, and reports about the bridges and their designers. The HHC voted to recommend each of the bridges for designation as a NHCEL, which were formally approved by the ASCE Board of Direction on April 24, 2009. The Queensboro and Manhattan Bridges are both celebrating their 100th anniversaries in 2009.
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 In May 2008, New York City commemorated the 125th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge with a spectacular five-day birthday celebration featuring fireworks, light shows, a concert by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, a Brooklyn Bridge film series, historical walking tours, a series of lectures and readings at the Brooklyn Historical Society and Manhattan's Surrogate's Court, a 18-mile bicycle "Tour de Brooklyn", musical and dance performances, a miniature golf course with Brooklyn icons, the opening of a renovated pedestrian connection between the Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO, and a telectroscope connection to London's Tower Bridge.
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 Text and drawing by M.D. Morris, P.E., F. ASCE.
Worldwide recognition allows that the George Washington Bridge is an outstanding symbol of the City of New York. It is one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of Gotham, just as San Francisco boasts the Golden Gate Bridge; Australia, its Sydney Harbour Bridge; and London, its Tower Bridge.
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