The 60-year-old Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was first opened in 1964, with the lower level opening five years later, in 1969.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Fifty years ago, an exceptionally large American flag proudly flew across the cables on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the ...

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 ...

Heart-pounding dashcam video captured a Brooklyn man miraculously dodging death when high winds on the Verrazano-Narrows ...

Those bridges are owned by the Army Corp of Engineers and are deemed as "typical" bridges rather than "critical/essential," like the Verrazano Narrows Bridge or the Golden Gate Bridge. The report ...

In November 1964 a crowd of 5,000 attended the opening of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, then the longest suspension bridge in the world. Presiding were New York mayor Robert Wagner, Governor ...