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Roadbuilding

Old Tappan Zee Bridge becomes destabilized during opening ceremony of new bridge

A potion of the old Tappan Zee Bridge became destabilized during the opening ceremony for the new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. Read more on what happened here.

September 20, 2018

Roadbuilding

Is this guy building his own off ramp on the N.Y. Thruway?

After a years-long dispute with the state of New York over allegedly untaxed cigarette sales, one member of the Seneca Nation of Indians may be taking his beef with the state one step further with what some drivers and at least one local news outlet say appears to be the construction of an unapproved off-ramp […]

April 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Crews begin dismantling old Tappan Zee Bridge

The video below shows crews at work dismantling the old Tappan Zee Bridge. A floating super crane is being used to remove large sections of the bridge and place them on barges for transport, CBS New York reports. Traffic has begun traveling on the first of two spans of the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge […]

November 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse captures construction of towers at on-schedule Tappan Zee Bridge

Construction of the new $3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge is entering its fourth year. “There’s a lot of good progress,’’ Jamey Barbas, the New York State Thruway Authority’s project director, told the board during an update report on Dec. 5, the recordonline.com reports. According to the news agency, Barbas told the board that the eight, 419-foot signature towers of the superstructure […]

December 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS > Aerial shots show progress on Tappan Zee Bridge replacement

At $3.98 billion, the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement is one of the priciest transportation projects in America. As such, plenty of eyes are watching the megaproject, but the Tappan Zee Constructors are more than happy to give everyone a bird’s eye view of the construction progress. RELATED >> Combining design, build contracts saved $1.7 billion on Tappan Zee Bridge […]

November 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Construction of new Tappan Zee Bridge is halfway done, new video details future work

The construction of the multi-billion dollar new Tappan Zee Bridge has hit the halfway point. The Journal News reported that the New York State Thruway Authority took people out on a tour of the construction at the mile-work site to celebrate the milestone for the massive project. Most of the work done this year, with the help of […]

September 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Combining design, build contracts saved $1.7 billion on Tappan Zee Bridge project

A New York University report on the Tappan Zee Bridge has found the project saved $1.7 billion by combining the contracts to design and build the bridge. The report found the design-build method for public works projects saves the government a great deal of money by simply having one contractor take on the duties of both designing and […]

June 26, 2015

Roadbuilding

Tappan Zee bridge construction shut down after silos collapse

Construction of the Tappan Zee bridge was shut down on Tuesday following the collapse of silo structures on the floating concrete batch plant. “Tappan Zee Constructors today shut down operations of both floating concrete batch plants due to a failure of one of the silo structures which caused the other two silo structures on […]

December 16, 2014