The Tappan Zee Bridge is one
of the largest bridges in the United States, the three-mile-long Governor
Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge carries the New York Thruway's mainline
across the historic Tappan Zee Section of the Hudson River, about 13 miles
north of New York City.
Did you know. Over 132,000 vehicles cross
the 3.1-mile Tappan Zee Bridge every day, with volumes as high as 165,000
vehicles daily. When the bridge opened in 1955, it carried an average of
18,000 vehicles daily.
Would you believe that large trucks account
for just 4 percent of total bridge traffic. Nearly 90 percent of bridge
traffic is comprised of single-occupant passenger cars.
In pre-colonial days, this area was the home of the
Tappan tribe of Indians; �zee� (sea) is the Dutch name for open expanse
of water.
The Tappan Zee Bridge was opened on December 15,
1955. First test borings were sunk in June 1951 and actual construction
began in March 1952. The structure and approaches cost approximately $80.8
million.
An Act approved by the Legislature and signed by
the Governor on February 28, 1956, officially named the structure the �Tappan
Zee Bridge.� In 1994, the bridge was rededicated as the Governor
Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge in honor of the former New York Governor.
From economic and engineering viewpoints, the bridge
is the key structure on the 641-mile cross-state Thruway System. The bridge
connects two important parts of the Empire State - Westchester and Rockland
counties - which previously were linked only by ferry.
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