Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, formerly spelled Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, long-span suspension bridge spanning New York Harbor from Brooklyn to Staten Island, built by Othmar H. Ammann from 1959 to 1964. An exceptionally expensive engineering project largely because of the problem of land acquisition, its total cost was $325 million. It is the longest suspension bridge in the United States and the 17th longest in the world.

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

Its 4,260-foot (1,298-metre) main span was, until the completion of the Humber Bridge in 1981, the longest in the world. The double-decked six-lane-wide roadway, 228 feet (69.5 metres) above mean high water at midpoint, is supported by four cables hung from towers 693 feet (211 metres) high. The cables themselves weigh

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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

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