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61 years ago on January 11th, 1961 The Throgs Neck Bridge opens to traffic, carrying 20,000 vehicles and generating $5,000 in tolls in the first 12 hours First day traffic helped put a dent in its $92,000,000 cost to build. References: Wikipedia fultonhistory.com