Sentences with phrase «narrows bridge on»

CITY HALL — Mayor Bill de Blasio didn't stray far from the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge on trips to Staten Island during his first year in office.

Mary Jo Kopechne was riding with Ted Kennedy when his car careened off a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island.

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This includes $ 2.3 billion for the replacement of the aging Massey Tunnel with a new 10 - lane bridge, $ 731 million in transit infrastructure, $ 198 million for Highway 1 Lower Lynn Corridor improvements at the north end of the Second Narrows Bridge, and $ 70 million for the new, seventh counter-flow lane on the Alex Fraser Bbridge, $ 731 million in transit infrastructure, $ 198 million for Highway 1 Lower Lynn Corridor improvements at the north end of the Second Narrows Bridge, and $ 70 million for the new, seventh counter-flow lane on the Alex Fraser BBridge, and $ 70 million for the new, seventh counter-flow lane on the Alex Fraser BridgeBridge.

Instead it feels more like a dizzying drive on a road with steep climbs, narrow bridge crossings and warning signs.

Of course, an early goal for the visitors could open the floodgates, as it did against United at Stamford Bridge, but on balance we think this one will turn out to be a narrow victory for Chelsea.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino was on Staten Island today (one of two NYC boroughs he actually likes) hoping to woo voters by coming down on the right side of a long - standing local issue: The Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

In 2015, a coalition called Move New York offered a failed proposal that built on Bloomberg's plan, by also reducing the tolls already in place on such outer - borough bridges as the Verrazano - Narrows and Bronx - Whitestone, which serve areas with few mass transit options.

According to the plan, the new tolls would not only function as a way to raise money for the MTA (the city pledged more than $ 2 billion to the transit authority's recent capital plan), but would also help reduce existing tolls on crossings such as the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

He supports restoring the two - way toll on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, and backs the effort to build a pedestrian and cycle path on the bridge as part of the Harbor RingBridge, and backs the effort to build a pedestrian and cycle path on the bridge as part of the Harbor Ringbridge as part of the Harbor Ring plan.

Starting early Saturday morning, all tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge were to be collected via E-ZPass or a bill will be mailed to the car's owner, with the cashless tolling meant to help reduce traffic woes generated by Amtrak's summer repair work.

Long - awaited toll relief on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge — for Staten Island residents and commercial drivers with New York state E-ZPass tags — could come as soon as April 1, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will formally announce Thursday during a visit to the borough.

Among the instances she cited were her early call for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's resignation, opposition to MTA toll hikes on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge and increasing the MTA's debt and suing the Port Authority.

Her political biography mentioned favorite points; her early condemnation and call for resignation by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, her efforts at toll reductions by the MTA on the Verazzano - Narrows Bridge, her lawsuit against the Port Authority over its tolls on bridges from Staten Island to New Jersey and especially her lawsuit against Mayor de Blasio seeking to prohibit the City's destruction of records related to the IDNYC program.

The candidates also discussed the rising tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, something local leaders have said would be a major issue for voters in the borough.

Also at noon, Assembly members Alec Brook - Krasny and Nicole Malliotakis, state Sen. Marty Golden and other state government officials hold a news conference to promote their proposed program to offer discounts on Verrazano - Narrows Bridge tolls to drivers who cross the bridge more than three times a month; near the bridge entrance, Gatling Place and 92nd Street, BroBridge tolls to drivers who cross the bridge more than three times a month; near the bridge entrance, Gatling Place and 92nd Street, Brobridge more than three times a month; near the bridge entrance, Gatling Place and 92nd Street, Brobridge entrance, Gatling Place and 92nd Street, Brooklyn.

Former Lieutenant Gov. Richard Ravitch told MTA Board members today that they would be breaking state law if they approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to reduce tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge for Staten Island residents, robbing the authority of revenue it can ill afford to lose.

Also at noon, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis calls on the MTA to establish an amnesty program for toll violations received due to glitches with the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge's cashless tolling system, corner of Lily Pond Avenue and Major Avenue, Staten Island.

Congestion pricing does have at least one Senate Republican backer — Staten Island Sen. Andrew Lanza, who introduced a bill that would put a toll on East River bridges while cutting the toll on his borough's Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

Andrew Cuomo's new HOV / bus lane on the Verrazano - Narrows bridge — which was intended to be a key part of the governor's plan to ease commutes ahead of planned maintenance work on Amtrak lines but which turned into a traffic «disaster» on the day of rollout — was partially complicated by a contractor screwup on signs, the MTA admitted.

The plan also allocated $ 431 million for various work on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, part of the upgrades announced in 2011, which include replacement of the upper level approach, reconstruction of the Brooklyn approach and rehabilitation of anchorage and piers, according to the plan.

He singled out Hurricane Sandy recovery and struggles over trash disposal — people in his district are currently trying to shut down a planned trash transfer station — as at least two unifying issues for people on both sides of the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

Trump took credit for the governor's recent move to cut the tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, a decision the celebrity real estate developer said came after he noted in several speeches upstate that the toll on that bridge was the highest of any bridge in the coBridge, a decision the celebrity real estate developer said came after he noted in several speeches upstate that the toll on that bridge was the highest of any bridge in the cobridge was the highest of any bridge in the cobridge in the country.

Albanese's plan is to put tolls on East River bridges that are currently free, like the Brooklyn Bridge, to reduce tolls on other bridges, like the Verrazano - Narrows.

But the MTA already worked with NYPA to replace older mercury - vapor bulbs for LED lights on the «necklace» of four of its seven bridges: the Verrazano - Narrows, the Robert F. Kennedy - Triborough, the Throgs Neck and the Bronx - Whitestone.

STATEN ISLAND — Elected officials on Staten Island have called on candidates in the upcoming race for mayor to address the rising tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, which climbed to $ 15 this year.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Staten Island residents on Saturday protested against the toll on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, which has now reached $ 15.

«The main reason we are here is to get the MTA and the governor to start focusing more on the public transportation needs here on Staten Island, which generally get shortchanged every year,» Astorino said during a press conference on Front Street in Stapleton in the shadow of the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

State Senator Martin J. Golden of Brooklyn, one of two Republican senators from the New York City area, said that the $ 17 toll on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge that links Staten Island and Brooklyn would need to be addressed before he could support any congestion pricing plan.

Still, Oddo said he got «push back» and «pooh - poohed» by the long - time DOT staffers, who Ms. Trottenberg had brought with her, when he mentioned trying various «technology alternatives,» such as the rubberized asphalt being used on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge used by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a company used by state DOT known for the durability of its asphalt.

So Mr. Schwartz, who proposed a toll system for the East River bridges, came up with a «toll swap:» as new tolls were added to the bridges, existing tolls would be lowered on other bridges linking areas with few subway and transit alternatives, such as the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge linking Brooklyn and Staten Island.

The new revenue would be used to lower tolls on outer borough crossings like the Bronx - Whitestone Bridge, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge and Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

Japanese roads are very narrow and the bridges weak, but the Government is spending $ 2,000,000 on the road from Tokio to Yokohama, and has ordered the provinces to improve their roads and bridges.»

So Banhart used a kind of substitute soldercreated on the spotto link two crossed nanotubes: he focused a narrow beam of electrons from a scanning electron microscope at the point where the tubes met, thereby converting contaminants on their surfaces into bridges made from graphite - like carbon that can conduct electricity.

«Having marked the locations of the Gaia RR Lyrae on the sky, we were surprised to see a narrow bridge - like structure connecting the two clouds.

In Ocean City, N.J., emergency sirens sounded yesterday afternoon as police blocked access to the bridges that connect the resort community, which sits on a narrow barrier island, to the mainland.

I've found they're a way better fit for me than Ray Ban Wayfarers, and even a narrow nose bridge pair of Marc Jacobs sunnies I spotted on the cheap at TJ Maxx.

Becca suggests you use the narrow surface to sweep illuminator on the cheek bones and the bridge of the nose.

And while there may be no Balrog this time out, there is an awfully similar climactic confrontation on a narrow subterranean bridge.

This car never bobs around, even on rough cobblestone streets or the narrow bridges across the old canals.

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The Cut then narrowed and ran straight for half a mile behind the vast vaulted horn shed, behind the little row of houses, up and under Wytepole Bridge and on for Lapple.

By 1600 almost 300 shops had been built right on the bridge, above each of which rose a very narrow house of four - to - five stories high.

Shortly before 6 o'clock on a sun - splashed April Sunday in Georgia, David Duval walked across the narrow stone bridge named in honor of Gene Sarazen that leads to the 15th green at the Augusta National Golf Club.

Technically, the race doesn't * go through * Staten Island, given that it starts on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

The bridge is old and narrow, but some prefer it to I - 95 / I - 495 because of traffic on the Wilson Bbridge is old and narrow, but some prefer it to I - 95 / I - 495 because of traffic on the Wilson BridgeBridge.

The narrow gauge track makes the train carriages rock violently from side to side when at normal speed, and with no security rails on either side of the bridge, I am sure it wouldn't make it across if it didn't slow down.

On the western side of the island a narrow suspension bridge joins Nusa Ceningan, known imaginatively as the Yellow Bbridge joins Nusa Ceningan, known imaginatively as the Yellow BridgeBridge.

This narrow - gauge line winds its way across «a hundred valleys», over high bridges and past sleepy villages on its way to Locarno, on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore.

This tour will incorporate a quite long drive through winding road and over three hours trek through hundreds of steps on narrow path, various tropical plantations, jungle and bridge.

Boxing Day's excursion is a journey on the Vulkan Express, a narrow - gauge diesel train which winds its way up across bridges and viaducts from the Rhine Valley at Brohl to Engeln.