Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Island with the rest of the city. Various issues delayed the start of construction until 1959. The bridge opened on November 21, 1964, and a second deck beneath the existing span was opened in June 1969. The New York City government began a $1.5 billion reconstruction of the bridge's two decks in 2014. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge has a central span of . It was the longest suspension bridge in the world from 1964 until it was surpassed by the Humber Bridge in the United Kingdom in 1981. The bridge has the 13th longest main span in the world, as well
Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge within the Kawarau Gorge which is in the Wakatipu Basin. It is above the Kawarau River. The bridge was designed by Harry Paisley Higginson. The bridge was completed in late 1880, and formed a key access route to the Central Otago goldfields. It was replaced by a new highway bridge on State Highway 6 in 1963. It is classified by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I historic place. The bridge is known by a variety of names including; "Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge", "Kawarau Suspension Bridge", "Kawarau bridge" and "Kawarau Bungy Bridge". Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge The