Verazzano Narrows Bridge - Brooklyn to Staten Island - New York - 4K Infrastructure Drive

Crossing the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge westbound from Brooklyn into Staten Island.
Filmed: October 2022

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From Wikipedia:
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (/vərəˈzɑːnoʊ/ vər-ə-ZAH-noh) is a suspension bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking the relatively enclosed Upper New York Bay with Lower New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only fixed crossing of the Narrows. The double-deck bridge carries 13 lanes of Interstate 278, with seven lanes on the upper level and six on the lower level. The span is named for Giovanni da Verrazzano, who in 1524 was the first European explorer to enter New York Harbor and the Hudson River.

Engineer David B. Steinman proposed a bridge across the Narrows in the late 1920s, but plans were deferred over the next twenty years. A 1920s attempt to build a Staten Island Tunnel was aborted, as was a 1930s plan for vehicular tubes underneath the Narrows. Discussion of a tunnel resurfaced in the mid-1930s and early 1940s, but the plans were again denied. In the late 1940s, urban planner Robert Moses championed a bridge across the Narrows as a way to connect Staten Island with the rest of the city. Various problems delayed the start of construction until 1959. Designed by Othmar Ammann, Leopold Just and other engineers at Ammann & Whitney, the bridge opened on November 21, 1964, and a lower deck in 1969 to alleviate high levels of traffic. The New York City government began a $1.5 billion reconstruction of the bridge's two decks in 2014.

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge has a central span of 4,260 feet (1.30 km; 0.81 mi). It was the longest suspension bridge in the world until it was surpassed by the Humber Bridge in the United Kingdom in 1981. The bridge has the 18th-longest main span in the world, as well as the longest in the Americas. When the bridge was officially named in 1960, it was misspelled "Verrazano-Narrows Bridge" due to an error in the construction contract; the name was officially corrected in 2018. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge collects tolls in both directions, although only westbound drivers paid a toll from 1986 to 2020 in an attempt to reduce traffic congestion.

[ace]

Because New York won’t allow Google to do street view of the Verazzano Narrows Bridge, this is the first time I seen a video of someone driving across it. Thank you Mileage Mike!!! 🙏

[Sasfoot]

This bridge scared the crap out of me whenever my dad would drive over it when I was a kid. I've driven over it plenty of times myself as an adult and still hate doing it. The crazy part is that the upper deck is less panic inducing for me than the lower deck.

[donavanjohnson]

Nice ride from Brooklyn NY to Staten Island NY by crossing the verrazzano narrows Bridge

[UnnDunn]

They recently finished renovating the upper deck of the bridge. It’s really nice and smooth now. They’re still working on the lower deck though.

[newiee.]

You are so bless to keep doing this prayers up please stay safe out and about.

[joewenzel]

Not used to seeing this route in the daylight. Normally to get off the Island and beat all the NYC traffic I took off from my Long Island home at 3 a.m. (0300 for you civilian types) and it would be pitch dark and very few vehicles just the way I like it. So this is definitely different.

[PelicanGuy]

Man, that's a BIG OLE' suspension bridge!!!

[mwalker]

Hello Traveler Friends👋, greetings from Argentina. ⚽I love these videos and getting to know other places.🚗🚗 Hug from a distance and have a good day.❤❤

[joelfrombethlehem]

Thank you for taking the upper deck Staten Island bound.

[weiquankuang]

The only borough you must pay to go home. Think about it. You can’t even walk home from other borough to Staten island.😅

[corduerorose]

Some say if you roll your window down at night you can hear Bobby's screaming 45 years later

[tameikabrown]

I Ain’t Never Heard Of Bridge Name Like This 1 B4 In NY

[DaKidMel]

I wonder how much the verrazano coat these days last number I remember was $11 I'm sure it's well above that now

[AdamSmith-gsdv]

Isn't this the most expensive bridge in the country to cross? It's like $17 to cross it!