In the 1950's, because of the high demand of traffic traveling to upstate New York and causing major headaches and strain on the Hudson River Crossings such as the Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, and George Washington Bridge, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey created a plan for a bridge to cross the Hudson River further up the river but not so far that drivers could not reach New Jersey from its' connection. At the spot where it is now, north of Dobb's Ferry, New York, the PANYNJ however dropped the plan to create the bridge, but was picked up by New York governor Thomas Dewey and New Jersey governor Alfred Driscoll. The bridge was created with World War II military technology and by people who were in the military and/or had experience in working with such technological skills.
The original bridge still stands today, but because of the continued traffic that rides over the bridge daily, plenty of strain has been put on the aging bridge, making the New York State Department of Transportation create a proposal to create a new bridge which can hold more traffic than the original bridge has already held and stay up for longer than the "unsafe" original structure. Construction is set to begin in 2013 and targeted to end by 2017.
Construction started in 1956 and the bridge opened up for traffic in 1955.
Absolutely
Yes trucks can go over the Tapan Zee
The bridge roadway is about 138 feet above the sea.
The tappan zee bridge is 3 miles long from the nyaks to westchester.
2 millon
I live near the Tappan Zee Bridge and it is located in the town of Tarrytown on the East side of the Hudson River (I'm not sure what town is on the other side of the river).
Yes They can. They just have a higher Toll
Tappan Zee Playhouse was created in 1911.
You could enter these coordinates: 41.07, -73.891111
I believe the toll is currently $20 for a 5 axle truck on Tappan Zeee(vs $30 on the GW Bridge)
Tappan Zee High School was created in 1965.