[oh8eleven]

...and who is the numbnut who decided to build a bridge over the widest part of the river (1956)? AND THEN REPLACE IT! (2016)
From Wikepedia:

"The site of the bridge, at the Hudson River's second-widest point, added to construction costs.
The site was chosen to be as close as possible to New York City, while staying out of the 25-mile (40 km) range
of the Port Authority's influence, thus ensuring that revenue from collected tolls would go to the newly created
New York State Thruway Authority, and not the Port Authority."

Politics ... go figure.

[Shady]

Two words. Robert Moses.