Verrazano Bridge (Maryland)

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Verrazano Bridge
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The Verrazano Bridge
Coordinates 38°14′45″N75°08′59″W / 38.245734°N 75.149660°W / 38.245734; -75.149660
CarriesTwo lanes of MD Route 611.svg MD 611 and pedestrians/bicycles
Crosses Sinepuxent Bay
Locale Assateague Island, Maryland
Maintained by Maryland State Highway Administration
ID number 23018 [1]
History
Opened1964
Statistics
Daily traffic 5,302 [1]
Location
Verrazano Bridge (Maryland)

The Verrazano Bridge is a bridge on Maryland Route 611 [2] over Sinepuxent Bay that connects Assateague Island to the mainland. [3]

The crossing, built in 1964, [4] contains two spans, one carrying automobiles and the other carrying pedestrians and bicycles. [5] [3] It is owned by Maryland, not by the National Park Service. [6] NPS, however, does own part of Assateague Island. [7]

History

Like the larger and more famous Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, it is named for Giovanni da Verrazzano; the bridge's name is misspelled with one "z". Maryland ferry service ended when the Verrazano Bridge was built in 1964. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Maryland State Highway Administration (2009). "Highway Location Reference: Worcester County" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Assateague Island National Seashore (MD,VA)". 1982.
  3. 1 2 Brenda Boitson (August 26, 2012). "Off-Beat And Unexpected—Assateague Island National Seashore". The Verrazano bridge .. from mainland Maryland to the island
  4. 1 2 "Assateague Island National Seashore" (PDF). NPShistory (US Department of the Interior). 2013.
  5. ↑ "Verrazano Bridge". National Historical Marker Database. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  6. ↑ Kurt Repanshek (March 5, 2013). "Rebuilding After Sandy: How Assateague Island National Seashore Officials Are Dealing With Climate Change".
  7. ↑ "National Park Service" (PDF). 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2017.


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