Willie B = Williamsburg Bridge

Quoted from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...lr%3D%26sa%3DX:

"Each of the 4,344-ton main cables, (that's 8,688,000 pounds each, in case anyone is counting) which measure 18¾ inches in diameter, is comprised of 37 strands of 208 wires.
"Nearly 17,500 miles of wire are used in the cables that suspend the bridge 135 feet above the East River."

I recall significant snowstorms on the LIE - they would plow the right and middle lanes, and leave the left lane unplowed to get packed into ice.