When it finally opened, 50 years ago this month, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge—honoring the 16th-century Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, though not to the extent of spelling his name ...

David Deng and his family were driving to a funeral last week when high winds on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge changed their day. Picture: ABC A wooden board flew off a commercial truck and went ...