John A. Roebling Bridge

John A Roebling (1806-1869), pioneer civil engineer, was the designer and builder of the Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge which was completed in 1866. It served as the prototype for Roebling’s design of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was complete in 1882 under ...

Residence of John A. Roebling

A Bicentennial commemorative site

recognizing America’s

200th year of liberty

Residence, built in 1855,

of John A. Roebling

American developer of wire rope and the suspension bridge. Occupied by his family until after his death in 1869. Thereafter company offices until acquired by the county. ...

John A. Roebling

Civil Engineer

Designer and builder

of many suspension bridges

Founder of Trenton’s greatest industry

An energetic worker

Inventor and man of affairs

Devoted to his adopted country

in whose progress he had unswerving faith

A patron of arts and sciences

and benefactor to mankind

This monument is erected

by the citizens ...

John A. Roebling

(1806-1869)

Here in 1846, Roebling built the first wire rope suspension bridge to carry a highway over the Monongahela River. He also designed a bridge across the Allegheny River, a railroad bridge at Niagara Falls, & the Brooklyn Bridge.

Marker is on ...