Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Photos 

View Of Verrazano-Narrows Bridge From Brooklyn Looking Southwest Toward Staten Island

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Suspension bridge over The Narrows on I-278 between Staten Island and Brooklyn

Location

Richmond County, New York

Status

Open to a total of 12 lanes of traffic

History

Upper level opened November 21, 1964; lower level opened June 28, 1969

Builders

- Ammann & Whitney (Design Firm)
- Othmar Ammann of Feuerthalen, Switzerland (Designer)

Design

Suspension

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 4,204.9 ft.
Total length: 7,934.1 ft. (1.5 mi.)
Deck width: 73.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.60639, -74.04528   (decimal degrees)
40°36'23" N, 74°02'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/580769/4495502 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

The Narrows

Inventory numbers

NY 5521218 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 39927 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 10/2010)

Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 56.3 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2011)

182,700

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 12, 2012: New photo from Jann Mayer
• April 30, 2010: New photos from Bob Morgan
• September 5, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added Designer
• February 17, 2009: New photo from Joe Herrington
• February 17, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• HAER NY-303 - Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows between Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn) & Staten Island, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
• James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
• Joe Herrington
• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com
• Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com

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