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| Verrazano-Narrows Bridge New York City, New York The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge links Staten Island with Brooklyn. Its Staten Island anchorage is at Fort Wadsworth; its Brooklyn anchorage is at Fort Hamilton. The bridge was designed by Othmar Ammann, designer of the Triborough, Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck, George Washington and Bayonne bridges. Construction began on August 13, 1959, and it opened for traffic on November 21, 1964; the lower deck opened to traffic on June 28, 1969. It is named after Giovanni di Verrazano, the Italian explorer who discovered New York Harbor in 1524.
Statistics Length of Main Span 4,260 feet Anchorage-to-Anchorage Length 6,690 feet Total Length, including Approaches 13,700 feet Width 103 feet Number of Traffic Lanes 12 (6 per deck) Height of Towers Above Water 693 feet Highest Clearance Above Water 228 feet Number of Cables 4 Diameter of each Cable 36 inches Number of Wires Per Cable 26,108 Total Length of Wires 143,000 miles Total Cost of Construction $320,126,000 See Also Othmar Ammann |
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