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

BH Photo #133656

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Facts 

Overview

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

Location

New York City, Richmond County, New York, and Kings 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 of New York City, New York (Design Firm)
- Othmar Ammann of Feuerthalen, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland (Designer)

Design

Suspension

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 4,204.9 ft. (0.8 mi.)
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)

Quadrangle map:

The Narrows

Average daily traffic (as of 2012)

182,676

Inventory numbers

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

Inspection report (as of October 2016)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 25, 2018: New photos from John Bernhisel
• February 19, 2018: Essay added by Amanda
• August 14, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• November 26, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
• November 21, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
• 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
• Joe Herrington
• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] att [dot] net
• Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
• Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
• Dana and Kay Klein
• John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com

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