The New New York Bridge is being built alongside the existing bridge, and bi-directional traffic will be rerouted to the new westbound bridge span, while the new
eastbound span is being completed.
The I Lift NY super crane last Thursday installed the project's final massive steel blue girder assembly, bringing
the eastbound span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge one step...
TZC recently connected
the eastbound span to its Westchester landing and is working to link it to its Rockland landing.
TZC has demolished the landings of the old bridge, which occupied the same footprint of the new
eastbound span.
This year, the New NY Bridge project team is managing two substantial initiatives — completing
the eastbound span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and dismantling the retired Tappan...
Since then, design - builder Tappan Zee Constructors has been dismantling the old bridge while also constructing
the eastbound span, which is scheduled to open later this year.
Four lanes each of opposite - direction traffic on the westbound span will continue until
the eastbound span opens later this year, when each span will each have eight general traffic lane — four breakdown and emergency lanes and dedicated bus lanes — in addition to space for commuter rail when funds become available and a bicycle and walking path.
The 135 - foot - long girders will allow TZC to complete the concrete roadway and connect
the eastbound span to the New York State Thruway in the coming weeks.
Not exact matches
November 14, 2017 - The new bridge's first
span temporarily carries
eastbound and westbound New York State Thruway (I - 87 / I - 287) traffic.
October 6, 2017 - The first
span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is prepared to carry four westbound and four
eastbound traffic lanes.
October 12, 2017 - The first
span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge temporarily carries
eastbound and westbound traffic.
Crews need to complete the landing areas in Rockland and Westchester before
eastbound traffic can be moved to the new
span this fall, at which time the second
span will be completed.
Eastbound traffic will be moved to that
span in the fall, with a jersey barrier separating the traffic.
Later this fall,
eastbound traffic will also be shifted to the new
span.
Grouting of concrete roadway slabs for the second
span of the new bridge will require overnight lane closures of up to three New York State Thruway (I - 87 / I - 287) southbound /
eastbound traffic lanes...
The 62 - year - old Tappan Zee Bridge was then officially retired on October 6, 2017, after
eastbound traffic was transferred to the westbound
span in a temporary traffic configuration (four traffic lanes in each direction).