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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge toll history: 1964 to 2025 | Then and Now
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Numerous stories have been written in the Staten Island Advance about the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ...
Brooklyn Paper1d
‘A great gesture’: Brooklyn honors veterans with new highway sign near Fort Hamilton
The newly designated Fort Hamilton Veterans Memorial Highway recognizes the contributions of service members past and present ...
Smithsonian Magazine12d
The History of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, 50 Years After Its Construction
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 ...
New York Post25d
More than a dozen bridges in NY, NJ — including George Washington Bridge — must be checked for risk of collapse
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing — which link Brooklyn and New Jersey to Staten Island, respectively — also made the list. In New Jersey, the Newark Bay Bridge and ...
CBS News25d
New York has nearly a dozen bridges in need of risk assessment, NTSB report says
In New York City, the Brooklyn, George Washington, Manhattan, Outerbridge Crossing, Verrazano Narrows and ... is also listed for the Commodore Barry Bridge over the Delaware River and the Vincent ...
abc7NY26d
Major NYC bridges among 68 recommended for assessments following Baltimore bridge collapse: NTSB
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 Baltimore Sun22d
Hopkins looks at Key Bridge collapse one year later, from the risk of another disaster to disrupted daily lives
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 ...
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Trump administration threatens to pull MTA funding if agency does not provide crime stats
Truck traffic through Staten Island and over the Verrazano Bridge has not increased. There are no increases either on the Cross-Bronx Expressway off the George Washington Bridge. The study was ...
CNN26d
One year after Baltimore bridge collapse, NTSB finds 68 US bridges need to be assessed for risk of collapse if hit by ship
The Golden Gate Bridge in California; Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, George Washington and Verrazzano-Narrows bridges in New York City; the Walt Whitman and Benjamin Franklin bridges in ...