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The final design for the bridge was approved in January 1952 by the New York State Department of Transportation (previously the New York State Department of Public Works). The design described a 540-foot (160 m) crossing consisting of five simply supported spans with nominal lengths of 100 feet (30.5 m), 110 feet (33.5 m), 120 feet (36.6 m ...
David Robinson, New York State Team March 29, 2024 at 3:02 AM Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse this week joined the growing list of deadly bridge collapses nationally, while renewing ...
The Erie Canal crossed over the creek by an aqueduct at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site. Two notable bridge collapses have occurred on Schoharie Creek. In 1987, two spans of the New York State Thruway collapsed. On August 28, 2011, the covered Old Blenheim Bridge collapsed due to flooding from Hurricane Irene.
Bridge twisted and collapsed over State Route 49 while under construction. The expressway and the bridge itself were closed to the public at the time. 1 killed, 9 injured [54] Total collapse Bridge collapsed as workers were screeding a concrete surface on the bridge. The machine had made it to the bridge's midspan before the entire bridge ...
A tandem tractor-trailer was left partly hanging over the edge of a New York State Thruway bridge Thursday after an accident. The eastbound FedEx tractor-trailer sideswiped a disabled vehicle on a ...
The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially "the Thruway") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning 569.83 miles (917.05 km) within the U.S. state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), a New York State public-benefit corporation.
The consortium that built the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge sued the New York State Thruway Authority Friday, the latest salvo in a three-year legal battle over nearly $1 billion in disputed costs.
Prepared for: New York State Disaster Preparedness Commission, December 1987. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., and Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers (1987) "Collapse of Thruway Bridge at Schoharie Creek", Final Report, Prepared for: New York State Thruway Authority, November 1987.