Glienicke Bridge

This guide to Glienicke Bridge in Berlin centers on the morning of February 10, 1962, when Soviet colonel Rudolf Abel and American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers each walked toward the bridge from opposite ends, the result of months of secret negotiation by a New York lawyer, James Donovan, working alone in East Berlin. You'll hear how a white line once marked the border across the roadway, with guards at both ends and negotiators waiting in the middle. Reporters gave the crossing a nickname that stuck, the Bridge of Spies.