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Originally Posted by Fbone
I know the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge surpassed The Golden Gate bridge and is still the longest in the US.
Factoid: Since the VNB is at the entrance to NY Harbor cruise ships must pass underneath it and also most container ships. So they take the height of the bridge into consideration when building cruise ships. The Queen Mary 2 had to be slightly redesigned to accommodate the bridge's clearance at high tide.
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Yes, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is actually the answer to the first part of my quiz. So what year did it displace the Golden Gate Bridge as the longest single span suspension bridge at its time?