Verrazano Bridge from Bay Ridge

Great view of the bridge, above a nice-looking neighbourhood.

Remarkable shot Charles.    That is a really long expansion bridge.  Is this shot looking southward?

Huge bridge - great pic

Codgerzh2 Posted at 3-5 04:47
Huge bridge - great pic

Thanks, I could have used more blue sky.

Those not even small houses really show off the size of that bridge.

Blériot53 Posted at 3-4 23:34
Great view of the bridge, above a nice-looking neighbourhood.

Thank you. There is a park on the water to the right of this bridge. Trying to get there one of these days.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-5 08:12
Thank you. There is a park on the water to the right of this bridge. Trying to get there one of these days.

Another cracking bridge shot,      love got to give it to NY/NJ they have some great bridges.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-5 03:52
Remarkable shot Charles.    That is a really long expansion bridge.  Is this shot looking southward?

It used to be the longest expansion bridge. I think a new one was built thats longer now.

Codgerzh2 Posted at 3-5 04:47
Huge bridge - great pic

Thank you Codger.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-6 03:36
It used to be the longest expansion bridge. I think a new one was built thats longer now.

Well if not the longest it has to be the 2nd longest.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-6 03:52
Well if not the longest it has to be the 2nd longest.

It's now number 18 It looks like the Asians have been hard at work
915 Çanakkale Bridge         2,023 m (6,637.1 ft)         2022         Gelibolu – Lapseki (Dardanelles)
40°20′18″N 26°37′58″E          Turkey         [5]
        2         Akashi Kaikyo Bridge         1,991 m (6,532.2 ft)         1998         Kobe (Hyōgo)
34°37′1.3″N 135°1′18.9″E          Japan         [6]
        3         Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge         1,700 m (5,577.4 ft)         2019         Wuhan (Hubei)
30°30′24″N 114°15′24″E          China         [7]
        4         Nansha Bridge
(East span)         1,688 m (5,538.1 ft)         2019         Dongguan (Guangdong)
22°53′05.1″N 113°33′56.4″E          China         [8]
        5         Xihoumen Bridge         1,650 m (5,413.4 ft)         2009         Zhoushan (Zhejiang)
30°3′42.4″N 121°54′57.6″E          China         [9]
        6         Great Belt Bridge         1,624 m (5,328.1 ft)         1998         Korsør – Sprogø (Region Zealand)
55°20′31″N 11°2′9.3″E          Denmark         [10]
        7         Osman Gazi Bridge         1,550 m (5,085.3 ft)         2016         Dilovası – Altınova (Gulf of İzmit)
40°45′15″N 29°30′55″E          Turkey         [11]
        8         Yi Sun-sin Bridge         1,545 m (5,068.9 ft)         2012         Gwangyang – Yeosu (South Jeolla Province)
34°54′21.4″N 127°42′18.1″E          South Korea         [12]
        9         Runyang Bridge         1,490 m (4,888.5 ft)         2005         Yangzhou – Zhenjiang

(Jiangsu)
32°12′24.6″N 119°21′49.9″E
         China         [13][14]
        10         Second Dongtinghu Bridge [zh]         1,480 m (4,855.6 ft)         2018         Yueyang (Hunan)
29°25′29″N 113°07′20″E          China         [15][16]
        11         Nanjing Fourth Yangtze Bridge         1,418 m (4,652.2 ft)         2012         Nanjing (Jiangsu)
32°10′39.9″N 118°56′24.5″E          China         [17]
        12         Humber Bridge         1,410 m (4,626.0 ft)         1981         Hessle – Barton-upon-Humber (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)
53°42′28.7″N 0°27′0.3″W          United Kingdom         [18][19]
        13         Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge         1,408 m (4,619.4 ft)         2016         Istanbul (Bosphorus)
41°12′31″N 29°7′5″E          Turkey         [20][21]
        14         Jin'an Bridge         1,386 m (4,547 ft)         2020         Lijiang, Yunnan

26°49′20″N 100°26′30″E
         China         [22]
        15         Jiangyin Bridge         1,385 m (4,544.0 ft)         1999         Jiangyin – Jingjiang

(Jiangsu)
31°56′43.1″N 120°16′10″E
         China         [23]
        16         Tsing Ma Bridge         1,377 m (4,517.7 ft)         1997         Tsing Yi – Ma Wan (Hong Kong)
22°21′4.8″N 114°4′25.6″E          Hong Kong         [24]
        17         Hardanger Bridge         1,310 m (4,297.9 ft)         2013         Ulvik – Ullensvang (Hordaland)
60°28′42.9″N 6°49′47.2″E          Norway         [25][26]
        18         Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge         1,298 m (4,258.5 ft)         1964         New York City (New York)
40°36′23″N 74°2′43.2″W          United States         [27]

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-6 16:55
It's now number 18 It looks like the Asians have been hard at work
915 Çanakkale Bridge         2,023 m (6,637.1 ft)         2022         Gelibolu – Lapseki (Dardanelles)
40°20′18″N 26°37′58″E          Turkey         [5]

Wow, that is interesting to see.  At least the Verrazano Bridge is still the longest expansion bridge in the US.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-7 03:36
Wow, that is interesting to see.  At least the Verrazano Bridge is still the longest expansion bridge in the US.

It looks like China has been hard at work. No wonder why they are getting most of the American bridge work.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-7 04:43
It looks like China has been hard at work. No wonder why they are getting most of the American bridge work.

I wonder where they stole the bridge plans from.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-7 04:44
I wonder where they stole the bridge plans from.

LOL. That's funny. I have a friend that says they copied a camera and the copied it with the dent in it that the original had.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-7 05:00
LOL. That's funny. I have a friend that says they copied a camera and the copied it with the dent in it that the original had.

Now that I'd believe.  I saw many knock-offs of items during visits to Singapore and Hong Kong.  Seems copyright laws are not upheld in those countries.  You could buy 10 current DVD movies for $10.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-7 16:09
Now that I'd believe.  I saw many knock-offs of items during visits to Singapore and Hong Kong.  Seems copyright laws are not upheld in those countries.  You could buy 10 current DVD movies for $10.

It's a great way to make a living if you can do it inexpensively, which they seem to have mastered.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-8 05:26
It's a great way to make a living if you can do it inexpensively, which they seem to have mastered.

They certainly did master it.  Seems they always knew in advance when an American ship was due to visit.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-8 05:44
They certainly did master it.  Seems they always knew in advance when an American ship was due to visit.

We're suckers for cheap copies.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-8 06:13
We're suckers for cheap copies.

That does seem to be in our DNA.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-8 06:46
That does seem to be in our DNA.

Everyone likes a bargain

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-8 09:30
Everyone likes a bargain

The only thing that beats a bargain is free.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-9 06:29
The only thing that beats a bargain is free.

That's so true.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-9 07:37
That's so true.

You rarely, if ever see free, but even bargains are getting hard to find lately.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-10 02:56
You rarely, if ever see free, but even bargains are getting hard to find lately.

I don't know, I keep hearing from our president how he has fixed everything.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-10 05:25
I don't know, I keep hearing from our president how he has fixed everything.

Yeah, I hear you.  I was not impressed at all with his SOTU address.  Seems like he was doing a lot of yelling and kept his blood pressure pumped up throughout his oration.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-10 05:44
Yeah, I hear you.  I was not impressed at all with his SOTU address.  Seems like he was doing a lot of yelling and kept his blood pressure pumped up throughout his oration.

It's the Adderall he's on to keep him lucid enough to speak.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-10 06:30
It's the Adderall he's on to keep him lucid enough to speak.

      Too bad it is too late to get a new candidate from each party.  Personally, I think there should be a maximum age to hold federal office.  We have way too many career politicians.  We definitely need some new candidates to step forward and run for office.  We are starting to see that at the state level.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-10 06:42
Too bad it is too late to get a new candidate from each party.  Personally, I think there should be a maximum age to hold federal office.  We have way too many career politicians.  We definitely need some new candidates to step forward and run for office.  We are starting to see that at the state level.

The old codgers are the only ones willing to run in this environment. Most of the younger guys don't seem to have the same conviction and tenacity to stay in the race.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-10 06:54
The old codgers are the only ones willing to run in this environment. Most of the younger guys don't seem to have the same conviction and tenacity to stay in the race.

You make an excellent point.  

Very nice capture!

Montfrooij Posted at 3-19 01:12
Very nice capture!

Thanks I grew up near here.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-19 04:24
Thanks I grew up near here.

You're welcome.
Wow, that must have been the opposite from where I grew up.

Montfrooij Posted at 3-19 04:32
You're welcome.
Wow, that must have been the opposite from where I grew up.

IT was a busy area even then.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-19 04:34
IT was a busy area even then.

I grew up in a smaller village

Montfrooij Posted at 3-19 05:32
I grew up in a smaller village

That's nice. Sometimes I wish I did. Everyone knows everybody.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-19 05:55
That's nice. Sometimes I wish I did. Everyone knows everybody.

There were times when I did not like it. But most of the times I did.

Bonito conocer esta urbanidad desde el aire!