Tappan Zee Bridge Designs Revealed

The New York State Thruway Authority has released three design renderings for the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge in Westchester and Rockland Counties of New York.  The Tappan Zee Bridge, a 57 year span, which carries the New York State Thruway (Interstates 87 and 287) over the Hudson River, is currently beyond its expected life span of 50 years.  The current bridge is a regular bottleneck of traffic, an environmental nightmare and has cost more than $750 Million in maintenance in the last 10 years.

The three new designs were revealed today via a PowerPoint presentation to the public.  All three options range in cost between $3.142 Billion to $4.059 Billion.  The first two designs ($3.142 Billion and $3.990 Billion respectively) are each mass transit ready, thus permitting Metro North and or Amtrak to operate trains over the span, thus further alleviating traffic.  The third option could be made mass transit read at an additional cost.  Governor Cuomo is