John A. Roebling is the designer for the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City,John A. Roebling was born in Muehlhausen, Prussia, Roebling was injured while surveying the property and died of tetanus before the bridge was built, His son, Washington Roebling completed the design and briefly supervised the engineering, but he also died. Fourteen years after it began, the project was completed by Washington Roebling's wife, Emily Warren Roebling.