The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is a double-deck suspension bridge across the Narrows, the strait at the entrance to New York's Upper Bay, linking Brooklyn and Staten Island. It was designed by the Swiss-born engineer Othmar Ammann and promoted by the city planner Robert Moses, and it took several years to build. The project required the demolition of homes in Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, which displaced many families. When it opened, it had the longest main span of any suspension bridge in the world, a record it held until the Humber Bridge in England surpassed it. The bridge is named for the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, and it is the starting point of the New York City Marathon.
Before and after
- 17 September 1964Construction of National Museum of Anthropology
- from 25 September 1964 to 8 September 1974Mozambican War of Independence
- 20 October 1964Death of Herbert Hoover
- 5 November 1964Launch of Mariner 3
- 21 November 1964Construction of Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
- 28 November 1964Launch of Mariner 4
- 1965California Dreamin'
- 1965(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- 1965Founding of United Nations Development Programme
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