Spectacular New Tappan Zee Bridge Opens

$4 Billion span...

The new Tappan Zee Bridge spanning the Hudson River alongside its original on the left.

After two decades of dithering by government officials and four years of herculean drilling, pounding, hauling and lifting by 7,000 workers, a new 3.1-mile bridge opened at the Tappan Zee in the early hours of Saturday, the first crossing on that scale that has been built in the New York region in more than half a century, Joseph Berger reports on nytimes.com.

My wife and I lived within a mile of the bridge many years ago and used it frequently.  The new span is a much needed improvement.

For more:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/nyregion/tappan-zee-bridge-opening.html

For a video on the new bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrixHMbXM1M

For a video of a trip across the new span on its opening day last Saturday: http://westchester.news12.com/story/36223197/opening-day-onnewtappan-zeebridgeshows-sleek-design-new-features

Workers move a huge section into place on the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

Photos: nytimes.com, Pinterest.

Next time on The Allen Report:

If Sea Levels Rise, How Safe is Your Town?