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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Since 3 a.m. Saturday, drivers crossing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge have been cruising past toll booths, as cashless tolling on the crossing means sensors and cameras ...
Today marked the start of a long-awaited renovation project by the MTA to remove unused toll booths from the Verrazano Bridge. The $2.5 million, year-long project will see the demolition of eight ...
NEW YORK -- Law enforcers on boats are holding a terrorism drill south of the Verrazano Bridge today, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The goal is protect the area from a potential "dirty bomb" or nuclear ...
A 37-year-old man plunged to his death from the Verrazano Bridge Sunday morning, cops said. The man, who cops say has a Connecticut address but New Jersey license plates, jumped from the Brooklyn ...
All of the westbound lanes of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge are now open to traffic, approximately two weeks ahead of schedule, after a community-wrenching project that had kept them closed for ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you're a baby boomer, chances are you remember where you were when the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was built — and the day the first car drove across the span in ...
Given that eminent domain is on everyone’s mind these days, we were interested to come across this video about the history of the Verrazano Bridge, which began construction in 1959 and was finished in ...