Their seminal report entitled " Joint Study of Arterial Facilities " recommended the construction of the bridge where it stands today. And that is exactly what came to pass, though at rather higher prices than had been expected as of course is typical with such large engineering projects.
Named after named after Giovanni di Verrazano , the explorer from Italy who in was the first to map out New York Harbor the bridge design contract was handed to Othmar Ammann, one of the famed designers of bridges during that period.
In the construction of the towers began as well as the establishment of the dual anchorages, one at each side of the Narrows. Not until the middle of were the cables spun, as is typical with such large suspension bridges it is not possible to make the cables off site but instead they are assembled, or spun, in-situ.
The bridge establishes a critical link in the local and regional highway system. Since , it has been the starting point of the New York City Marathon. The Verrazano, along with the other three major Staten Island bridges, created a new way for commuters and travelers to reach Brooklyn, Long Island, and Manhattan by car from New Jersey. The bridge was the last great public works project in New York City overseen by Robert Moses , the New York State Parks Commissioner and head of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, who had long desired the bridge as a means of completing the expressway system which was itself largely the result of his efforts.
The plans to build the bridge caused considerable controversy in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge , because many families had settled in homes in the area where the bridge now stands and were forced to relocate.
The latter's death became the subject of a chapter of Gay Talese 's book, The Bridge. Wagner cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony, which was attended by over 5, people. He was the first person to be driven over the bridge.
It was destroyed as part of the bridge's construction in ; the Brooklyn-side bridge pillars now occupy the fort's former foundation. According to the U. Department of Transportation :.
The bridge is affected by weather more than any other bridge in the city because of its size and isolated location close to the open ocean. It is occasionally closed either partially or entirely during strong wind and snow storms. In all of the mercury vapor fixtures in the bridge's necklace lighting were replaced with energy efficient light-emitting diodes. The naming of the bridge for Verrazzano was controversial. It was first proposed in by the Italian Historical Society of America , when the bridge was in the planning stage.
After Robert Moses turned down the initial proposal, the society undertook a public relations campaign to re-establish the reputation of the largely forgotten Verrazzano and to promote the idea of naming the bridge for him. To Talese, the Verrazano is about more than transportation. At night, lights pick out the graceful curve of the four great cables, each three feet in diameter, spun from enough steel wire to reach more than halfway to the moon.
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