NYC’s 5 Boro Bike Tour worried MTA still wants hundreds of thousands of dollars in tolls for using Verrazzano Bridge
It’s a crash waiting to happen. Organizers of the Five Boroughs Bike Tour, in which 32,000 people bike across New York City on Sunday, say the MTA is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars for the popular event, which will use the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge next year. He said he was concerned that this might be […]
Verrazzano bridge should be toll-free Wednesday to honor 500th anniversary of explorer’s arrival : pol
This week marks the 500th anniversary of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s arrival in New York Bay, and to mark the occasion, local police say drivers should take a paid break at the famous bridge that bears his name. announced. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Staten Island and Brooklyn, opened in 1964 and was named […]
Container ship’s engines die outside NYC, comes to stop near Verrazzano bridge
A large container ship lost propulsion in waters near New York Harbor on Friday evening, and tugboats brought it to a berth near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The scene was reminiscent of the tragedy that occurred at the Port of Baltimore last month. Another container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, toppling it and […]
George Washington, Verrazzano bridges vulnerable to similar collapse as Baltimore’s Key Bridge, US warns
New York’s George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge are vulnerable to the same catastrophic collapse of the domino effect that brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, a new analysis warns. Officials had previously discovered that the Key Bridge was designed in such a way that if one of the span’s steel components failed, the […]