It Will Never Catch On: When first pitching the idea of an hour-long documentary about the Brooklyn Bridge, Burns was told that any documentary about it could only be about ten minutes long at most, and doubted that there was enough material for a full hour.
Production Posse: Many of the voiceover artists heard in this documentary, including Julie Harris, Paul Roebling, and narrator David McCullough, would return in future Ken Burns productions, particularly The Civil War.
Real-Life Relative: The voice of engineer Washington Roebling was provided by his great-grandson, actor Paul Roebling.
