The bridge was designed to carry , vehicles per day, however traffic volumes have grown to about , per day making the need for the new bridge apparent; even with the extra adaptable lane traffic still occurs frequently as it is one of the primary crossings of the Hudson River for residents, commuters, and travelers. Original Tappan Zee Bridge. Search Project Archive. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Accept Read More. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.
To mark the opening of the first span in August , the official New NY Bridge team put together a video with some behind-the-scenes commentary about the construction process. LoHud also has a superb time-lapse video. The first span westbound opened in August , and the bridge was fully opened to traffic in The New NY Bridge Project website has a vast gallery of photos and videos taken during its construction, including the photo to the left.
Officially open since June 15, the path on the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is a much-anticipated addition to the lower Valley. Spanning 3.
Cuomo Bridge. As far as parking goes, prospective visitors can visit either the Rockland Landing in South Nyack or the Westchester Landing in Tarrytown for four-hour parking. There are 57 parking spots at the Rockland Landing and 30 spots at the Westchester Landing during the week, with after 4 p.
July 21, First cables are hung on the new bridge's northbound span. The foot long cable is the first of 96 — 12 on each of the eight towers on alternating sides — that, together with the foot towers, will give the bridge project its cable-stayed structure.
Andrew Cuomo tours the bridge work site, hailing the progress made and the completion of the main span towers. March 20, Crews finish cable-stay installation on the northbound span, the first of the two bridge spans to open. March 25, Crews close a small gap in the middle of the main span, making the first span an unbroken structure across the Hudson.
June 29, Language in a wide-ranging bill signed by Cuomo names the new span the Gov. Cuomo Bridge. The measure wipes out the current legal name of the bridge: The Gov. Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge, which honored the former Republican governor and assemblyman from Yonkers and the early American Indian and Dutch inhabitants of nearby land. May 10, The western anchor span of the old bridge is lowered onto a barge and floated away. March to June Despite the coronavirus outbreak, work continues on the bicycle-pedestrian path, on the northern edge of the Rockland-bound span.
June 14, Asked at an Albany coronavirus briefing if he would attend a ribbon-cutting to open the bike path on the bridge the following day, on his father's 88th birthday, Cuomo says coyly: "If I were you, I would get on my bike and start riding now Peter D.
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