Is NYCs iconic Verrazzano-Narrows bridge haunted? Inside the creepy urban legend

Drivers crossing the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge aren’t just worried about bumper-to-bumper traffic.According to a growing crop of social media sleuths, the massive span linking Brooklyn and Staten Island may also be home to something far creepier.Posters on TikTok and Reddit claim they have been terrified by ghostly groaning, shadowy figures, unexplained whispers and even an unsettling presence while crossing the bridge after dark.“Most people are afraid to travel over the bridge,” said Mona taxb6, whose alarming TikTok post recently revived the urban legend, according to silive.com.“This bridge is also known for howling in the wind .

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count me out.I ain’t going across this s–t.”The Verrazzano opened on Nov.

21, 1964 — the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time — and remains the only direct bridge connection between Staten Island and the rest of NYC.One of New York City’s greatest engineering marvels, the double-decker span stretches 13,700 feet — roughly 2.6 miles — across The Narrows and carries millions of vehicles every year.The Federal Highway Administration says its twin towers rise approximately 693 feet above New York Harbor.Massive cargo ships pass beneath its 228-foot navigational clearance.But paranormal enthusiasts are far more interested in the bridge’s darker history.According to Historic Bridges.org, three construction workers died during the bridge’s five-year construction, including one worker who fell from the structure shortly before it opened.Some believe they and other workers who may have tumbled into the massive cement blocks as they were being poured are now angry spirits who haunt the bridge and exact revenge by purposely throwing objects that smash car windows.Over the decades, the bridge has also been the site of fatal crashes, emergency rescues and dozens of suicides.Unlike the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, there is no official body count for the Verrazzano, although media estimates ha...