Brooklyn Bridge 15 years working to sell the idea. He had previously designed and constructed shorter suspension bridges, such as Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, and the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky. In February 1867, the New York State Senate passed a bill that allowed the construction of a suspension bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Two months later, the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Company was incorporated. The company was tasked with constructing what was then known as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge. While conducting surveys for the bridge project, Roebling sustained a crush
Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge (known as The Brooklyn Bridge Band since 2010) is an American musical group, best known for their million-selling rendition of Jimmy Webb's "Worst That Could Happen" (1968). New York City-born Johnny Maestro (born John Peter Mastrangelo aka Johnny Mastro, Johnny Masters; May 7, 1939 – March 24, 2010) began his career in 1957 as the original lead singer of The Crests, one of the first interracial groups of the recording industry. Patricia Van Dross, older sister to famed R&B singer Luther Vandross, sang with Johnny Maestro while The