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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 .
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 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.
Unlike other major bridges in metropolitan New York, the Tappan Zee was designed only to last 50 years. [40] The Federal Highway Administration issued a report in October 2011 designating the Tappan Zee's replacement to be a dual-span twin bridge. [41] Construction officially began in October 2013, [42] with the new spans being built to the ...
Deconstructed in 2017, portions of the Tappan Zee Bridge will be repurposed to replace bridges on state Route 248 over Sugar Creek and Bennett’s Creek in Canisteo. The Steuben County project is ...
Deck panels from the Tappan Zee Bridge are included in plans for a $4.8 million replacement of bridges carrying State Route 248 over Sugar Creek and Bennetts Creek in the Town of Canisteo in ...
Tarrytown Metro North Train Station The Tappan Zee Bridge connects Tarrytown in Westchester County and South Nyack in Rockland County across the Hudson River in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York State. Tarrytown has access to highways I-87 and I-287, and is the site of the eastern end of the New York State Thruway's Tappan Zee Bridge.
The original Tappan Zee Bridge, carrying the concurrency of New York State Thruway, I-87, and I-287, was a cantilever bridge built during 1952–55. The bridge was three miles (4.8 km) long and spanned the Hudson at its second-widest point.