Verrazzano Bridge a Brief History

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  • @ediann
    @ediann 14 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My dad was an ironworker for local 361 and he worked on the bridge in the early 1960's. He related many stories of his experiences. He was truly amazing and I am so very proud to say thay my dad helped build the verrazano bridge!
    rip dad, we miss you. everytime I drive over the verrazano i think of you!

  • @ediann
    @ediann 18 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad worked on the Verazano Bridge in the early 60's and it's amazing to see pictures of him walking the cables. He is a retired local 361 ironworker and we are very proud of him!
    Thanks for the video!

  • @bhigdaddymark
    @bhigdaddymark 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I drove across this beautiful bridge four times in August 2012 as I had driven up to NYC from Florida, then went to visit Philadelphia, and upon my return to Florida. I hadn't been across the Verrazano in 25 years as that's how long I've been in Florida and my visits home to NYC didn't require me to use that bridge. I'm glad that this time I needed to use it as it was a breathtaking experience indeed. NYC is chocked full of interesting monuments, and this is one of them.

  • @carmelo1966
    @carmelo1966 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lived in Brooklyn for a while now live in Ky, I went to visit my brother one year and took my wife with me we went through the Verrazano bridge. she has never been in N.Y. and she was terrified when we drov e thru the Bridge. Her been a southener was something amazing seeing the most vibrant and spectacular city on the planet. I LOVE NEW YORK!

  • @kenny9048
    @kenny9048 18 ปีที่แล้ว

    thankyou for posting this on youtube. i actually work as a tbta officer in one of their tunnels. always loved the history of this bridge. there was also a famous boxer who worked on this bridge also. thankyou for sharing

  • @SteelHorseRiders
    @SteelHorseRiders 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this bridge being built as a child and was always mesmerized by it. When I was in the first grade, I actually painted a picture of it completed, before it was completed. The school later displayed it inside of a Brooklyn Bank. One of the most beautiful bridges built.
    Shash (now in Florida)

  • @METHAMET
    @METHAMET 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    My mother drove me in her new car across the bridge the first night it was opened, no tolls charged for that special day. It was a clear night, so the lights of Manhattan were easily visible. After circling around at Bay Ridge, we returned to S.I.
    The bridge was filled with cars. The lighted bridge from the Brooklyn side was glorious to behold.

  • @KCguero816
    @KCguero816 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I went under this bridge on the Carnival Legend!! it was amazing!!

  • @BartmanMC
    @BartmanMC 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    ive been across the Verrazono Bridge more than any other bridge ever. I love it, espeacally at night.

  • @VVHTV
    @VVHTV  15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, NYC buses travel across the Verrazano Bridge on a regular basis.

  • @Mrkissuallover12
    @Mrkissuallover12 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    This really is a fantastic bridge. If you go to NY, you need to drive across it. When you are coming into Brooklyn, you can see almost the entire city.
    There is a parking rest area underneath off the Belt Parkway on the Brooklyn side. It is estimated that there are 10 conceptions a night there!

  • @makeuplover428
    @makeuplover428 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    yea nice bridge but 15 dollars to cross over is crazy

  • @Rollman1
    @Rollman1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to stop at the end of Bay Parkway in Brooklyn at night were you have a great view of the hole bridge The cars traveling it looked like a never ending chain of twinkaling lights

  • @sheafan1971
    @sheafan1971 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a beautiful bridge!

  • @Treman262
    @Treman262 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The pictures at 0:28 and 1:45 are interesting. I think that neither one of them are actual pictures of the Verazano Bridge.

  • @MrLuvOldies
    @MrLuvOldies 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Upon its completion in 1964,it was the longest,highest,and heaviest overwater suspension bridge in the world.

  • @VVHTV
    @VVHTV  13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Treman262 Both photos are of the Verrazano Narrows bridge, the construction pictures are well before the bridge was finally painted blue and show the orange colored primer coat.

  • @scoreton1
    @scoreton1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this fascinating Vid.

  • @Treman262
    @Treman262 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @VVHTV Thank you sir! I very much appreciate the compliment but I also really enjoyed the video. Good work

  • @HVACENGINEER94
    @HVACENGINEER94 11 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    $15.00 toll.. PORT AUTHORITY .. THE ORIGINAL GANGSTERS!!

  • @RayburnPower
    @RayburnPower 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where did you get that?

  • @Yismeicha
    @Yismeicha 17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a kid I used to stare out the window of my apartment at the bridge in the distance.

  • @mrshow1509
    @mrshow1509 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice little documentary, though the narrator neglected to mention that Othmar Ammann also engineered the Bayonne Bridge. i remember reading when the Verrazono-Narrows bridge was being dedicated, Robert Moses forgot to mention Othmar Ammann. oh well.

  • @sundevilification
    @sundevilification 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    my fav in the world. thx nykers.

  • @rockstarboy4ever
    @rockstarboy4ever 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Treman262 I can understand why you thought niether picture was the bridge. Staten island did not really look like it self from that view to me.

  • @VittRomani
    @VittRomani 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @anonymousrecovery
    Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first to explore the new york area;
    don't you think he deserves at least a bridge named after him?
    there's no risk jfk will be forgotten for that...........

  • @Treman262
    @Treman262 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @VVHTV It is not the bridge that looks wrong. The coastline in both of those pictures does not match the Brooklyn or Staten Island profile. Don't get me wrong, this is a great video in every respect. I just question those two photos especially the one at 1:45. If I had to guess, I would say it's the Throgs Neck Bridge looking west towards the north shore of Queens

  • @Ctasker5
    @Ctasker5 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    ive been on that bridge prolly hundreds of times

  • @keetongeer
    @keetongeer 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    This posted video, “40 Years in 3 Minutes” takes a look at some NYC moments in history while synched to The Beatles’ GET BACK and GLASS ONION. Also includes some 8mm film antics from 1971. Enjoy.

  • @c_twisted91
    @c_twisted91 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @ediann my dads an ironworker for local 40

  • @MVR326
    @MVR326 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think those two images are actually the Bronx Whitestone Bridge...

  • @SteveCarras
    @SteveCarras 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was his last bridge.

  • @VVHTV
    @VVHTV  13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Treman262 You have a point -- nice catch.

  • @jendel42750
    @jendel42750 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The next New Yorker who calls this thing "Duh Verrin-ZAH-noh Bridge" is gonna get a punch in the mouth .

  • @grillage2
    @grillage2 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just to mention the CORRECT pronunciation of the Goethals Bridge is Go-Thals. NOT Goth-als.

  • @sonic2batt
    @sonic2batt 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    same here

  • @justin39640
    @justin39640 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @frankiebones01 indeed

  • @elmeraperez
    @elmeraperez 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    now Is $15.. toll charge

  • @stewartmartinez823
    @stewartmartinez823 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow no comments

  • @456kaltrina
    @456kaltrina 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What the hell ?????? is that traficc @:023 omfg

  • @ViZioNMiChaELZx
    @ViZioNMiChaELZx 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cinderella Man brought me here

  • @TheDavinchoo
    @TheDavinchoo 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg
    When the road
    Hanger were there holy the orginal new York
    City traffic light but the signals mottor is black you will seed

  • @japrse
    @japrse 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    too expensive. $10.... its stopping me to go to S.I for fishing!

  • @romka4567
    @romka4567 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    i live exactly like 25min walk away if u remember the summer of 08 in late august a half naked kid walking around the area walkpath thatll b me :]
    I was on mushrooms i didnt know wat was happening

  • @j6282
    @j6282 17 ปีที่แล้ว

    u were in ny silly

  • @richielevoithebrooklynsong9727
    @richielevoithebrooklynsong9727 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! I would appreciate it if you check out my song The Brooklyn Song by Richie Levoi.

  • @richardyuen6098
    @richardyuen6098 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This bridge is not that much of a sight.......I live 2 blocks away and can see the bridge from my balcony every day.....LOL

  • @Dexmaus
    @Dexmaus 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    $11 toll is terribad for nyc residents

  • @ATY9Productions
    @ATY9Productions 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    you suck...