Hey Buck (Zandra), the Verrazano bridge is on 278 the road from NJ to Brooklyn. Drove my semi over it many times. Lanes are so narrow you literally have your steer tires on top the lane dividers. Never got to see whats under it. Never even really looked off the bridge. Too busy keeping those steer tires on the lane markers painted on the road.
On the Island side theres an old fort,a short distance to the mouth of the river a side street ends and there's 2 garages I was told was for road salt,there's an open lot in front of the garages fronting the Atlantic.Cool fun fact,there was always rumors that at one time there was a huge cave at the mouth,directly underneath the bridge,that once held cannon and ammunition to stop enemy ships from entering the river during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War,but was considered obsolete by the time the Civil War came along.There was never any evidence of a cave there so it was dismissed,then came Hurricane Sandy and it was exposed.When things were slow I would walk over into the cave,no evidence of anything ever having been there now but was pretty neat thinking about all the history there. And yeah,Danny,we had to drive over it every morning and every night as we were staying in Brooklyn and me,coming from Michigan,had an eye opening experience driving in that traffic.And that was in a Ford pickup,can't imagine what that would be like in a semi.
I wonder what it looks like on the Bridge... Here is what I see...
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