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  • Even Dems want Mario Cuomo Bridge changed back to Tappan Zee

    08/11/2021 1:14:56 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 68 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/11/2021 | Carl Campanile
    Disgraced outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s stain is even affecting the legacy of his late father, three-term Gov. Mario Cuomo. Some Democrats are entertaining a push to remove Mario Cuomo’s name from the new $4 billion Hudson River crossing in Rockland/Westchester — an idea unthinkable just months ago. It would be renamed with its original moniker — the Tappan Zee Bridge. Queens Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, a Democratic socialist, has signed on as a co-sponsor of the bill to rename the bridge.
  • Democratic congressman asks Pete Buttigieg, feds to probe Mario Cuomo Bridge

    03/15/2021 3:11:29 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 28 replies
    NY Post ^ | March 15, 2021 | 3:59pm | David Meyer
    The Democratic congressman who reps both sides of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is calling on the federal government to investigate concerns about the span’s structural integrity. US Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY), who represents Westchester and Rockland counties, recently wrote a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, asking him to probe claims reported by the Albany Times-Union earlier this month that bridge contractors “covered up” faulty bolts in the $3.9 billion structure. Jones called on Buttigieg “to open an investigation into these claims and … to work with the New York state Department of Transportation to ensure proper inspections are...
  • The Mystery Of Tappan Zee: Why Build A Bridge Where The River's Wide?

    03/12/2021 10:29:06 AM PST · by Beowulf9 · 70 replies
    https://www.npr.org ^ | May 14, 2014 | David Kestenbaum
    If you've ever driven up the East Coast, you may have driven over the Tappan Zee Bridge. The span — north of New York City — was built in the spot that seems to make the least economic sense. Why?
  • Perilous faults on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge: Andrew’s next scandal?

    03/10/2021 10:09:46 AM PST · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    https://nypost.com ^ | March 9, 2021 | 5:49pm | Updated | By Post Editorial Board
    On top of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s nursing-home scandal and sexual-harassment charges comes new cause for concern: an alleged coverup of serious flaws in the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. On Monday, the New York Thruway Authority denied any issues of concern over the $3.9 billion span, which replaced the Tappan Zee Bridge in 2017. But a report Sunday in The Albany Times Union alleges that the contractor “covered up” structural problems — faulty bolts — potentially endangering the public, and the authority basically let it slide. “The bridge has been and continues to be safe,” insisted Jamey Barbas, the director of...
  • New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is accused of 'rigging state license plate contest..

    09/04/2019 10:14:51 AM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 24 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 9/3/19 | Ralph R. Ortega
    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is accused of 'rigging state license plate contest in favor of design featuring bridge named after his father Mario' The contest asks New York residents to pick their favorite among five plates Four are a combination of the Statue of Liberty and the state's motto, 'Excelsior' A fifth shows just the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, completed in 2018 The span, originally the Tappan Zee, was named after the now-governor's dad Voters favoring a Statue Of Liberty plate will be split, making it more likely the bridge option will win, say conspiracy theorists The bridge,...
  • See the Moment the Old Tappan Zee Bridge Crashed Into the Hudson River (NY)

    01/17/2019 4:40:12 PM PST · by Trump_the_Evil_Left · 16 replies
    NewJersey 101.5 ^ | January 15, 2019 | Staff
    The old Tappan Zee Bridge in New York's Hudson Valley went crashing into the Hudson River late Tuesday morning. Traffic was backed up in both directions about 10:50 a.m. as explosives were used to tear down the eastern portion of the bridge. Video clips posted to Instagram show the bridge, first built in 1952, plummet into the water, sending up massive clouds of gray smoke.
  • The New York Tappan Zee Bridge demolition: 5 things to know

    01/16/2019 11:16:16 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    CT Post ^ | 01/16/2019 | Jordan Fenster
    The Tappan Zee Bridge is no more. Built in 1955, the bridge was replaced after a $4 billion Gov. Mario M. Cuomo replacement bridge was opened to the public last year. For months, the husk of the old bridge remained in the water adjacent to the Cuomo Bridge. But Tuesday, explosives took the remaining structure down, leaving nothing but debris to clear in the water below. Traffic on the New York State Thruway/I-87/I-287 will be halted from exit 9 exit 11 for about 45 minutes while controlled explosion is taking place and shortly thereafter. Here are five things to know...
  • Date Set For Partial Demolition Of Old Tappan Zee Bridge

    01/09/2019 10:25:55 PM PST · by Impala64ssa · 21 replies
    Patch ^ | 1/6/19
    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...
  • Potentially Dangerous Situation’ on Tappan Zee Delays Opening of New Cuomo Bridge Span

    09/08/2018 4:47:02 PM PDT · by CaptainK · 22 replies
    New York Times ^ | 9/8/2018 | Mihir Zaveri
    The opening of the second span of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge on Saturday was delayed after a piece of its predecessor, the old Tappan Zee Bridge, which is parallel to it, became destabilized and threatened to fall, officials said. The Tappan Zee was being disassembled when the “potentially dangerous situation developed” and a piece of the old bridge became destabilized, Matthew J. Driscoll, the executive director of the New York State Thruway Authority, said in a statement on Saturday. .................. As the Democratic primary in New York on Thursday approaches, Mr. Cuomo’s opponents seized on the problem with the...
  • New York Chooses Builder for $3.1 Billion Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement

    12/20/2012 10:26:00 AM PST · by neverdem · 28 replies
    Transportation Nation ^ | 12/17/2012 | Kate Hinds
    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (R), with advisor Brian Conybeare, standing in front of a model of the new design. (Image courtesy of @NYGovCuomo)UPDATE: It’s official: New York has awarded the contract to construct the new Tappan Zee Bridge.In a press release, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said, “the Thruway Board has selected the Tappan Zee Constructors’ plan which offers New York toll payers the biggest bang for their buck – with the best price, shortest construction time, minimal dredging, and can accommodate mass transit in the future. This is a major milestone for a bridge project that was a metaphor...
  • Tappan Zee ‘green’ light

    09/26/2012 1:48:17 PM PDT · by neverdem · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | September 26, 2012 | JIM FITZGERALD
    The federal government has approved the environmental-impact statement for a new Tappan Zee Bridge, and Gov. Cuomo said yesterday the bridge has passed “a significant milestone.” Although financing still must be arranged and permits still must be obtained, the governor said he considers federal approval the biggest hurdle. “Building the bridge is actually the easy part,” compared with getting the environmental OK, Cuomo said during a conference call with reporters. He said the state expects all three bids to be less than $5.2 billion.In October, President Barack Obama declared the bridge eligible for fast-tracked federal approvals. Cuomo praised the state’s...
  • New Tappan Zee bridge in NY pegged at $5.2 billion

    10/12/2011 5:18:27 PM PDT · by decimon · 29 replies
    Associated Press ^ | October 12, 2011 | Jim Fitzgerald
    WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The cost of a new Tappan Zee Bridge in the New York City suburbs has been shaved to $5.2 billion by focusing solely on the bridge, a federal agency said Tuesday. In the past, mass transit components, ranging up to a new commuter rail line, were considered key elements of a new span over the Hudson River. President Barack Obama chose the project Monday for quick federal approval of environmental and other permits, and the Federal Highway Administration said those could be obtained within a year. Construction, creating thousands of jobs, could begin soon afterward,...
  • The Tappan Zee Is Falling Down - Why is New York taking so long to replace a vital bridge?

    05/27/2011 2:30:55 PM PDT · by neverdem · 60 replies
    City Journal ^ | Spring 2011 | Nicole Gelinas
    Last October, more than a year into his $787 billion stimulus program, President Obama concluded in a New York Times Magazine interview that “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects.” To learn why America can’t build stuff quickly (or even slowly), Obama should take a rush-hour ride over the Tappan Zee Bridge, which connects Rockland and Westchester Counties over the Hudson River, just north of New York City. The Tappan Zee exemplifies the state of America’s infrastructure in 2011. We rely on it more than ever: each year, 51 million cars, trucks, and buses traverse the seven-lane “Tap,” as locals...
  • A Bridge That Has Nowhere Left to Go (NY's Tappan Zee Bridge)

    01/17/2006 8:15:41 PM PST · by neverdem · 84 replies · 4,496+ views
    NY Times ^ | January 17, 2006 | PATRICK McGEEHAN
    The Tappan Zee Bridge, the most critical transportation link across the Hudson River north of New York City, is not even half as old as the Brooklyn Bridge, but its warranty has already expired. Started on the cheap during the Korean War, the Tappan Zee was deliberately built to last just 50 years. It passed that milestone last month, just days after transportation planners began gathering public advice about how to fix or replace it. But the decaying, overburdened span's anniversary was more bitter than sweet. Little love has been lost between the Tappan Zee and the tens of thousands...