A reckless subway-surfer gang risked their lives riding over the Williamsburg Bridge on Friday ... car and then opted to ride outside, cops and transit workers at the station said at the time.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA ... A suspension bridge of this length, such as the nearby Williamsburg Bridge, would require the construction of enormous piers using caissons sunk ...

With trusses said to have been inspired by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the Williamsburg Bridge stretches from its namesake Brooklyn neighborhood to Delancey Street on the Lower East Side.

More than a dozen bridges in New York and New Jersey are among 68 US crossings that need to be checked for risk of collapse if struck by a vessel, the National Transit Safety Board said. The Brooklyn ...