Verrazano Bridge Opened to Traffic
Today is the 40th Anniversary of the opening of the longest suspension bridge in the US, the Verrazano Narrows.
Old timers in Staten Island will tell you that it was the date that Staten Island started to go wrong because it made immigration to the forgotten borough practical and easy, since you no longer needed to use the ferry, or cut through Jersey, to get to "the city".
Posted by Jvstin at November 21, 2004 9:00 AM