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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

bridge in New York City
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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
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Summary

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of suspension bridge entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,777 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Staten Island[3], Brooklyn[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: toll bridge[6], road bridge[7], double-decker bridge[8]
  • Maintained by: Metropolitan Transportation Authority[9]
  • Named after: Giovanni da Verrazzano[10]
  • Crosses: The Narrows[11]
  • Made from material: steel[12], concrete[13]
  • Commons category: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge[14]
  • Inception: 1964[15]
  • Structural engineer: Othmar Hermann Ammann[16], Leopold Just[17]
  • Official website: http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/veraz.html[18]
  • Official name: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge[19]
  • Date of official opening: November 21, 1964[20], June 28, 1969[21]
  • Native label: Verrazano Narrows Bridge[22]
  • Length: 4176 m[23]
  • Height: 211 m[24]
  • Carries thoroughfare: Interstate 278[25], high-occupancy-vehicle lane[26]
  • Longest span: 1298 m[27]
  • Clearance: 66 m[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject New York City[29]
  • Annual average daily traffic: 194,734[30]
  • Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge[31]

Why It Matters

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Giovanni da Verrazzano United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . National Bridge Inventory. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . nysdot.gov. Retrieved . nysdot.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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