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The new Tappan Zee Bridge was proposed to include four vehicle lanes on each span, for a total of eight lanes, as well as a shared-use bicycle and pedestrian path. Like its predecessor, the new Tappan Zee Bridge is to be administered by the NYSTA. The authority is the project co-sponsor, along with the state Department of Transportation. [17]
The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge, commonly known as the Tappan Zee Bridge, was a cantilever bridge in the U.S. state of New York. It was built from 1952 to 1955 to cross the Hudson River at one of its widest points, 25 miles (40 km) north of Midtown Manhattan , from South Nyack to Tarrytown .
At that point, southbound/eastbound traffic shifted to the westbound span of the new bridge and the old bridge closed. [45] [46] The bridge's eastbound span opened to traffic on September 11, 2018. [47] [48] Upon completion, the new Tappan Zee Bridge became one of the longest cable-stayed spans in the nation. [49]
But the Thruway has had something of a troubled history with its cashless tolling program, which debuted on the Tappan Zee Bridge in 2016 before expanding to the entire 570-mile system four years ...
The camera was set up in 2015 as a way to monitor the falcons and figure out how to relocate them from the old Tappan Zee to the new dual-span structure, officially called the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo ...
The deck panels that once supported traffic on the Tappan Zee Bridge, spanning the Hudson River, will be fixed on the new Sugar Creek Bridge abutment. The bridge dates to 1939. A temporary bridge ...
The highest traffic counts on the highway are between the Bruckner Expressway and the George Washington Bridge in New York City. The remainder of the route in New York City and its suburbs (mainly Suffern and south) also has particularly high traffic counts, especially over the Tappan Zee Bridge as it goes over the Hudson River.
The Left Coast Lifter moves pieces of the eastern section of the Tappan Zee Bridge onto a barge May 13, 2019. The eastern section was imploded into the Hudson River in January 2019.