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Happy (Belated) 47th Birthday, Verrazano Bridge!
image by Colleen MurphyAccording to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, yesterday marked the 47th anniversary of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge opening to automobile traffic. On November 21, 1963 the Verrazano’s upper level began carrying people between Long Island (of which Brooklyn and Queens are both geographically part of) and Staten