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Since its inception in 1955, the Tappan Zee Bridge has served as the crossroads of New York’s downstate economy, linking the New York State Thruway across the Hudson River from Rockland County to the west and Westchester County to the east. Over the decades, however, the bridge, constructed inexpensively after the Korean War, became infamous as a traffic bottleneck and dangerous nuisance that required ever-more-expensive repairs. Between 2013 and 2017, the Tappan Zee’s six-decade-old cantilever bridge was replaced with a state-of-the-art pair of cable-stayed bridges, now known as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.

manhattan.institute     Nov 07, 2024