NEW YORK | Mario Cuomo (Tappan Zee) Bridge - Page 8

chris08876 · #1 Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 1:16 AM**

Credit: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/05/...ridge-project/

H-man · #2 Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 5:28 AM**

That's an old picture, the concrete is way above the water line at this point

ATLksuGUY · #3 Posted **Jul 22, 2015, 7:44 PM**

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/tran...rise/30185859/

Nexis4Jersey · #4 Posted **Jul 23, 2015, 6:54 AM**

From Yesterday taken on the Tarrytown side

Tappan Zee Bridge Construction viewed from Tarrytown,NY by Corey Best, on Flickr

ATLksuGUY · #5 Posted **Sep 12, 2015, 4:19 PM**

Cool animation of the jump forms and an article on the construction reaching halfway point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtKl...w#action=share

Halfway there: New Tappan Zee Bridge hits big milestone

"ON THE HUDSON — Construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge is halfway done.

Work on the massive $4-billion project has reached the 50 percent mark two years after it started, Tom McGuinness, construction compliance engineer for the New York State Thruway Authority, said Wednesday during a media boat tour of the 3-mile site."

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/loca...tone/71516682/

Busy Bee · #6 Posted **Sep 12, 2015, 6:06 PM**

It drives me nuts that so little design consideration was taken with the concrete piers. Would it have killed them to make them more sculptural? Not even sculptural, just graceful. These seem completely thoughtless, which is the worst kind of design. They could have flaired out from bottom to top and the cross girder could have been flush with the vertical columns instead set down on top with little relationship. They could have also gone with a solid pier like these on the Øresund Bridge in Denmark, which by the way has a railway on the lower deck:

http://www.arup.com/~/media/Images/C...hx?h=395&w=962

Amazing how that works. *Rolls eyes*

Hudson11 · #7 Posted **Sep 12, 2015, 6:32 PM**

the piers were designed to require less dredging and to keep open views. There are also two spans, unlike Øresund Bridge's main span - which doesn't leave open much to view.

http://www.fsncapital.com/index.php/contact

http://infraobservatory.com/post/815...ck-railway-and

Cynicism · #8 Posted **Sep 12, 2015, 11:42 PM**

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Busy Bee · #9 Posted **Sep 12, 2015, 10:28 PM**

Understood. My beef is why couldn't ALL the piers look like the piers on the main span? They absolutely kill the slickness of the whole ensemble.

vandelay · #10 Posted **Sep 16, 2015, 4:19 PM**

America's priorities are tied up in global conflict and starving government, not spending on infrastructure.

People are lucky that the old bridge hasn't had a catastrophic collapse and to get a new bridge in the first place.

Nexis4Jersey · #11 Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 1:28 AM**

Tappan Zee Bridge Construction Photos from today

New Tappan Zee Bridge Construction over the Hudson River by Corey Best, on Flickr

Hudson11 · #12 Posted **Sep 23, 2015, 5:23 AM**

the main span towers are beginning to rise. Here are some aerial photos by David Piraino

Tappan Zee Bridge by Daniel Piraino, on Flickr

Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction by Daniel Piraino, on Flickr

vandelay · #13 Posted **Sep 23, 2015, 3:53 PM**

The Hudson River Valley truly is one of the most beautiful places in the US. It's too bad they couldn't have made a more graceful bridge.

Busy Bee · #14 Posted **Sep 23, 2015, 6:20 PM**

Just a wild thrown out question, but was a tunnel ever studied?

Roadcruiser1 · #15 Posted **Sep 23, 2015, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Just a wild thrown out question, but was a tunnel ever studied?

They did, but it would cost too much, and the openings to the tunnel will be too far away from the Communities that needed it.

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Nexis4Jersey · #16 Posted **Oct 27, 2015, 4:02 AM**

From yesterday , taken from Metro North

heading NB

Riding along the Hudson Line in late October by Corey Best, on Flickr

Riding along the Hudson Line in late October by Corey Best, on Flickr

heading sb

Riding along the Hudson Line in late October by Corey Best, on Flickr

giantSwan · #17 Posted **Jan 6, 2016, 2:46 AM**

the new tappan zee bridge is shaping up to be a real eye sore...completely banal...

opportunity wasted...and an eye sore for the next 100 years...just awful

timpdx · #18 Posted **Jan 6, 2016, 4:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by giantSwan

the new tappan zee bridge is shaping up to be a real eye sore...completely banal...

opportunity wasted...and an eye sore for the next 100 years...just awful

I kinda agree, too bad. At least after the just HORRID process that the SF Bay Bridge went through, they got a decent structure out of the process. Gawd the new Tappan Zee is a boring bridge.

BrownTown · #19 Posted **Jan 7, 2016, 2:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by timpdx

Gawd the new Tappan Zee is a boring bridge.

Hey, if you want to pay extra taxes for a nicer looking bridge be my guest, but I'm just fine going with the, "cheap" option when it comes to transportation infrastructure. Let the mega rich pay for luxury on 57th avenue and let the rest of us keep our tolls a little lower.

chris08876 · #20 Posted **Jan 7, 2016, 2:23 AM**

Good point on the taxes. Its kinda not in an area that will make the city look terrible, so its really a matter of functionality. As long as it can handle the traffic flow; efficiently, smooth, little hassle, then all is well. Now if they wanted to redesign the Manhattan Bridge, and made it look like rubbish, that's a different story.

I do wonder though if down the line a bridge upgrade is in order for the Manhattan bound bridges. The hope is that more people will use mass transit... but, there will be a point where traffic will become an issue. Its already bad during rush hour, but to the point where it becomes stagnant and really puts a dent in economic growth. Bad traffic costs the economy lots of $$$.

Probally the biggest hassle I can currently think of for the tri state area are the delays caused by the Goethals bridge redevelopment. Was in the area today and its just bumper to bumper, especially with all of the trucks going into Port Newark and Kearny.