 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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The Cincinnati-Covington Bridge, completed in 1866, was later renamed the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in honor of its designer.
The year 2006 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869), builder of the Brooklyn Bridge and one of the nineteenth century's most prominent civil engineers. To celebrate the occasion, the ASCE History and Heritage Committee and the New Jersey and Metropolitan Sections sponsored the Roebling Symposium in Brooklyn from October 26-29, 2006.
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 On June 22, 2003, the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC) and The Daily News organized the Williamsburg Bridge 100th Birthday Celebration at Continental Army Plaza Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The day-long family-oriented celebration marked the centennial of a beloved city landmark and featured engineers and historians leading walking tours of the bridge, a procession across the bridge with the original flag flown off the last cable run in 1902, a bridge photo exhibit highlighting construction laborers, music and food inspired by the neighborhood's diverse ethnicity, and even a flatbed-size birthday cake topped with a sugar sculpture of the Bridge.
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