FreightWaves Classics: Connecting Staten Island to the rest of New York

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. (Photo: New York City Parks)

Four of the five boroughs of New York City are islands or are connected to an island.  There are Manhattan Island and Staten Island of course, but Queens and Brooklyn are both located on Long Island. The Bronx is the only borough that is connected to New York State’s mainland.

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Whether you drive a truck, car or motorcycle, you will use bridges and/or tunnels to navigate New York City, which is home to over 2,000 bridges and tunnels! A number of governmental agencies manage this...

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