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Why did the spelling of the Verrazzano Bridge change?

Last updated November 27, 2020 by ZagBot Comment

New York’s Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was named after Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, but a mistake meant that the bridge’s official name was spelled with only one ‘z’ instead of two.

The mis-spelled name remained in use from the bridge’s opening in 1964 until 2018, when a public campaign resulted in a bill being passed unanimously by the New York State Senate to correct the spelling by adding the second ‘z’ to the bridge’s official name.

Following the signing of the bill into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, a program was implemented to gradually replace incorrectly spelled signs as part of normal maintenance cycles.

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