Swan River (Western Australia) from north to south. Point Walter has a protruding spit that extends up to into the river, forcing river traffic to detour around it. The river narrows between Chidley Point and Blackwall Reach, curving around Point Roe and Preston Point before narrowing into the harbour. Stirling Bridge and the Fremantle Traffic Bridge cross the river north of the rivermouth. The Swan River empties into the Indian Ocean at Fremantle Harbour. Plant and animal life found in or near the Swan-Canning Estuary include: The river was named "Swarte Swaene-Revier" by Dutch explorer, Willem de Vlamingh in 1697, after the famous black
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge $17 tolls for passenger cars, imposed in 2017, were higher than for most other tolled crossings in the U.S. Tolls for trucks ranged up to $132, or $79.52 with E-ZPass depending on the number of axles. , the tolls from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge grossed the MTA $417 million per year, and about 85% of bridge motorists use the discounted toll rate. An urban legend has it that tolls were to be abolished once the bridge's construction bonds were paid off, but this has been debunked by the "Staten Island Advance". Originally, all drivers paid the same toll to cross the