2023-11-22 22:00:00
On November 21, 1964, the Verrazzano – Narrows suspension bridge was inaugurated in New York, which was once the longest in the world with that characteristic.
The objective was to unite Staten Island con Brooklyn, two of the most important districts in the state of New York.
The construction of the longest suspension bridge in the world in the 1960s was over the Canal de Narrowswhich separates the two areas of the city.
The suspension bridge is named after the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first navigator to enter New York Bay and the Hudson River in 1524.
The structure took five years of work and a budget of 325 million dollars.
Furthermore, the construction of the bridge had a chronicler.
The daily assembly was accompanied by the record of the American writer Gay Talese.
He took note of the experiences of thousands of workers who built the bridge, and those records became a captivating story book.
The release of the first edition of the text coincided with the inauguration of the “work of art,” as Talese called it.
The name of the publication, which is in the gallery of the writer’s best works, seems to have an inevitable destiny. Of course, the name of the book is “The Bridge.”
Talese described the uprising of 1,298 meter long frame y with cables 211 meters high.
From 1964 to 1981, the Verrazzano – Narrows was the longest suspension bridge in the world, surpassed in 1981 by the Humber Bridge in the United Kingdom, which measures 2,220 meters.
Still, the steel giant in New York remains the longest bridge in the United States and the seventh in the world.
Its most famous American colleague is the well-known San Francisco Bridge. On the other side of the North American territory, there is one of the building postcards that unites the world with the state of California.
In the case of the Verrazzano – Narrows bridge, the inauguration had picturesque details: for example, the first person to cross it was a young man driving a Cadillac convertible, dressed in a tuxedo.
The man was parked all week behind the toll Staten Island to have the honor of being number one in line.
Currently, the work that is celebrating its 58th anniversary improved traffic and circulation between Brooklyn y Staten Island.
The suspension bridge is famous for being the starting point of the New York Marathon and under its structure most of the maritime traffic flows to the ports of New York and New Jersey.
Its tall towers can be seen from much of the metropolitan area of the great American city, including areas of all the 5 districts of the city.
With limousines and a ribbon cut by five golden scissors, the bridge was opened on a sunny and cloudless afternoon, perfect to show off every corner of the structure.
Its construction remains one of the engineering marvels of the United States.
At three in the afternoon on November 21, 1964, the Verrazzano-Narrows suspension bridge opened in New York.
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