Old Tappan Zee Bridge To Be Decommissioned In 2016
The “old” Tappan Zee Bridge will be out of commission in
2016. That is one piece of new information that came out in a meeting Monday
night in Tarrytown.
There’s no timetable for an official groundbreaking, but
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s adviser on the project, Brian Conybeare, said the span’s design
build team would like to have staging areas and other assets in the area
starting in March.
Conybeare said the plan is for test pile-driving in June
and for dredging to commence in August.
Twin spans are planned for this $3 billion project.
“Once the new northern span is fully completed in about
2016, all traffic will be shifted off the old Tappen Zee Bridge on to the new
northern span,” he told WCBS 880 reporter Paul Murnane.
Demolition would begin on the original and the new
southern span would be complete in 2018.
The new spans will be, for the most part, built from the
center of the Hudson River to its shorelines.
“The idea is to use the same landing areas and minimize
property takings on either side,” Conybeare said. “We want to minimize the
impact that this project is having.”
A public meeting on the bridge replacement is scheduled
for 7 p.m. tonight at Nyack High School.
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