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It may sound like fireworks, but the reality is that a controlled demolition of the part of the old Tappan Zee Bridge will take place Saturday, Jan. 12. According to a document on the Thruway Authority's website, Tappan Zee Constructors, the company that built the new Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, will be taking down the old bridge's damaged east anchor span around 9:30 a.m. If the weather is bad, the work will be done Sunday, Jan. 13. Traffic will be stopped on the Thruway (I-287/I-87) approaching the new bridge around 9 a.m. for about 45 minutes between exits 11...

ALBANY — In a major boost for the state, the federal government has awarded New York the low-interest loan it was seeking to help pay for the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The feds agreed to lend up to $1.6 billion — the largest loan ever given out under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act — to fund a third of the anticipated costs for the new bridge over the Hudson River. It’s everything we’ve been looking for and more,” Cuomo crowed on public radio. Earlier this week, Standard & Poor’s reduced the Thruway Authority’s bond rating...