How much did a 2014 WNYC archive story say the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge cost to build?
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, in its original upper-deck form, is the suspension bridge across the Narrows between Staten Island and Brooklyn that opened on 21 November 1964 and was the longest suspension bridge in the United States, built under Robert Moses as head of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. A WNYC archive story by Patricia Salmon of 17 November 2014 says the bridge cost 305 million dollars to build.
Reported project cost
$305 million
Cost basis: 1964
H.L.I.TPublic domain
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1964
Project record
Opened or launched
WNYC / NYPR Archives & Preservation21 November 1964