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The Verrazano Bridge is turning 50 this year. ... MTA announces celebration plans for Verrazano-Narrows Bridge's 50th anniversary. Updated: Aug. 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
The MTA board is expected to vote to approve a $249 million overhaul of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge this week. The plan centers around the installation of a dehumidification system for the four ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This week, the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will vote to approve a project that could extend the lifespan of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
The MTA is set to expand the size of a roadway on the Brooklyn side of the Verrazzano Bridge — a move agency officials said will shave several minutes off motorists’ rush-hour commutes.… ...
A plan to split the one-way toll on the Verrazzano Bridge was approved by the MTA Board on Wednesday.. The MTA plans to put split-tolling into effect by the end of the year and charge drivers $6. ...
New York transit authorities will pay more than $32 million to build a suicide prevention fence on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, officials announced on Wednesday. The fencing, which will extend ...
On November 21, 1964, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was opened to the public for the first time. ... Plans for a bridge were proposed throughout the first half of the 20th century, ...
MTA tolls went up Sunday at several city crossings, including the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, whose $19 one-way bridge toll, is now the most expensive in the country, according to WCBS.
This week marks the 500th anniversary of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s arrival in New York Bay -- and to commemorate it, drivers should get a toll break on his famed namesake bridge ...