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.