The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects Staten Island and Brooklyn and is the only fixed crossing of the Narrows. The double-deck bridge carries 13 lanes of Interstate 278, with seven lanes on the upper level and six on the lower level. The span is named for Giovanni da Verrazzano, who in 1524 was the first documented European explorer to enter New York Harbor and the Hudson River.

The bridge has a central span of 4,260 feet (1.30 km; 0.81 mi). When I arrived in New York in 1974 it was only about 10 years old and was, at that time the the longest suspension bridge in the world until surpassed by the Humber Bridge in the United Kingdom in 1981. It has now dropped to 17th place in the list of longest suspension bridges.

Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XF 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

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