Post by redstone14 on Dec 28, 2017 11:04:28 GMT -5
The End for the Tappan Zee Bridge Comes in Pieces, Not With a Boom
By JOSEPH BERGERDEC. 25, 2017
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — The end is in sight for the old Tappan Zee.
This now-haggard bridge, whose three-mile glide over the brisk, choppy waters of the Hudson River north of New York City thrilled children seeing the bridge for the first time in the mid 1950s, and at its peak did the brute work of carrying almost 140,000 cars a day, is growing thinner, shorter and more fragile.
Full Story Here:
www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/nyregion/tappan-zee-bridge-new-york-hudson.html
By JOSEPH BERGERDEC. 25, 2017
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — The end is in sight for the old Tappan Zee.
This now-haggard bridge, whose three-mile glide over the brisk, choppy waters of the Hudson River north of New York City thrilled children seeing the bridge for the first time in the mid 1950s, and at its peak did the brute work of carrying almost 140,000 cars a day, is growing thinner, shorter and more fragile.
Full Story Here:
www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/nyregion/tappan-zee-bridge-new-york-hudson.html