# Found a broken Dope reference in the Brooklyn Bridge wikipedia article

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**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-broken-dope-reference-in-the-brooklyn-bridge-wikipedia-article/489625 "2009-03-16T15:32:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-broken-dope-reference-in-the-brooklyn-bridge-wikipedia-article/489625/1 "2009-03-16T15:32:07Z")

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> **[Brooklyn Bridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge)**
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> The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It was also the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its opening, with a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m) and a deck 127 ft (38.7 m) above mean high water. The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East R...

At the very bottom of the “references” is this link that is throwing a 404:

[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbrooklynbridge.htm](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbrooklynbridge.htm)

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-broken-dope-reference-in-the-brooklyn-bridge-wikipedia-article/489625/2 "2009-03-16T15:38:45Z")

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Thanks. I’ll see what we can do about that.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-broken-dope-reference-in-the-brooklyn-bridge-wikipedia-article/489625/3 "2009-03-16T16:06:22Z")

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We’ll get them the information to the correct link after I get this mailbag/special report reloaded in the system; not all of them made it over to the new server somehow.