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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Numerous stories have been written in the Staten Island Advance about the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ...
When it finally opened, 50 years ago this month, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge—honoring the 16th-century Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, though not to the extent of spelling his name ...
Delays are reported on the Brooklyn-bound Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the Staten Island Expressway and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway on Wednesday morning.
A spill of wooden panels on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn caused severe traffic delays, extending back to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and affecting other routes.
David Deng and his family were driving to a funeral last week when high winds on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge changed their day. Picture: ABC A wooden board flew off a commercial truck and went ...
Sheridan added that the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge "exceeds" the AASHTO guidelines, with its bridge towers protected by rock islands, stopping any large vessel from coming into contact with them.
The relatively short span under which ships traverse the Bay Bridge, compared to bridges such as the Verrazzano-Narrows in New York or the Golden Gate in San Francisco, combined with it being ...
Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, officials said.
Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), who led his expeditions in service of King Francis I of France.