Tag: Tappan Zee Bridge

Roadbuilding

Last piece of old Tappan Zee Bridge in N.Y. removed

Work crews lowered the 600-foot long, 5,500-ton final section of bridge onto barges, which transported it to another location to be dismantled. Details here.

May 31, 2019

Roadbuilding

Explosion brings down last section of Tappan Zee Bridge’s eastern span

The last section of the eastern span of the old Tappan Zee Bridge in New York came crashing down into the Hudson River on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Get details.

January 18, 2019

Roadbuilding

N.Y.’s Tappan Zee Bridge to be brought down using explosives

Tappan Zee Constructors determined explosives were the best and safest way to demolish the remains of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Get the details on Equipment World.

January 10, 2019

Roadbuilding

Old Tappan Zee Bridge finds new life as artificial reefs around Long Island

New York began building 12 artificial reefs in the waters off Long Island using old bridge parts. It will cover approximately 35 acres in 85-foot-deep water.

June 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

Crews remove center section of old Tappan Zee Bridge in N.Y.

The video here shows the day-long process that went into preparing the section or the Tappan Zee Bridge for removal. Check it out here on Equipment World.

May 25, 2018

Roadbuilding

Pieces of N.Y.’s Tappan Zee Bridge finding use in local bridge projects

Dismantling of the 61-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge is expected to take more than a year. Bridge sections are being removed carefully and shipped on barges upriver to Albany and downriver to Perth Amboy, N.J. to be sold — concrete will be crushed for use in highway construction and the steel will be recycled. However, the […]

November 23, 2017

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

’29 Ford Model A the final car to cross old Tappan Zee Bridge

Nyack resident Seth Kestenbaum was the last person to drive across the old Tappan Zee Bridge in his 1929 Model A Ford Phaeton on October 6. He crossed from Rockland to Westchester just before 10 p.m., right before traffic was diverted to the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge so that the landings to the […]

October 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Wooden pylons under old Tappan Zee Bridge catch fire

Wooden pylons underneath the old Tappan Zee Bridge caught fire early Tuesday morning, lohud.com reports. Firefighters and state police said they were called to the bridge at 5:25 a.m. after the burning pylons were reported. Fire boats responded, spraying the pylons with water from the Hudson River, while firefighters worked to douse the flames from […]

October 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Construction worker rescued after fall from Tappan Zee Bridge

A construction worker injured his ankle when he fell while working in a hard-to-reach area under the span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge April 7, the lohud Journal News reports. The man, whose identity had not been released, was installing electrical systems in a catwalk at Pier 38 on the Westchester side of the […]

April 13, 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

Penn. county will use P3 to replace 33 structurally deficient bridges

Pennsylvania transportation officials will be watching Northampton County for the next few years as it begins a program to replace or repair more than a fourth of its bridges. The Morning Call reports that the county’s General Purpose Authority will award a Private-Public Partnership (P3) contract to replace 33 structurally deficient bridges in record time, while locking in the county’s costs. […]

September 16, 2016