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	Riverkeeper.org, Tappan Zee Bridge
		A sloop was loitering in the distance, dropping slowly down with the tide, her sail hanging uselessly against the mast; and as the reflection of the sky gleamed along the still water, it seemed as if the vessel was suspended in the air.
		In 1952 construction was begun on a bridge spanning the scenic and beautiful Tappan Zee connecting Tarrytown and Nyack.
		A new bridge is a lose-lose situation for all the residents of the Hudson Valley.
	riverkeeper.org /campaign.php/tappan_zee (725 words)

	Bridge photos, Bridge postcards -- Bridgepix.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Tappan Zee Bridge is a cantilever bridge in New York over the Hudson River at its widest point, the Tappan Zee.
		In 1994, the bridge was renamed to The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge after Malcolm Wilson, former Governor of New York, though an extremely small population refers to the span as such.
		The bridge is located about 25 miles north of Midtown Manhattan and the Manhattan skyline can easily been seen from the bridge on a clear day.
	www.bridgepix.com /bridgeblog/?p=269 (500 words)

	Untitled Document
		This bridge was to connect Rockland and Westchester counties between Tarrytown in Westchester and Nyack in Rockland.
		With the population explosion that came with the Tappan Zee Bridge it became necessary and essential for the infrastructure of the county to adjust and grow.
		The process of assessing the traffic problems of the Tappan Zee Bridge is a collaborative effort of the, New York State Thruway Association, MTA Metro North Railroad, Stakeholder committee, elected officials and general public, New York and Federal permitting agencies, inter MPO committee, and the selected project management committee.
	history.binghamton.edu /resources/bjoh/tapanzee.htm (5260 words)

	Tappan Zee Bridge (I-87 and I-287)
		This 1998 photo of the Tappan Zee Bridge was taken from the southeast angle in Tarrytown.Part of the New York State Thruway system, the Tappan Zee Bridge carries I-87 and I-287 across the Hudson River between Tarrytown and Nyack.
		Since the bridge opened, a seventh lane was added to handle growing traffic, and research has shown that the wind loads on the bridges are actually greater than the bridge was originally designed to handle.
		While the present bridge maintains seven lanes of traffic (including one center lane that switches directions for morning and afternoon rush hours with the aid of a moveable barrier), Tappan Zee II as envisioned would boast eight permanent lanes of traffic, four in each direction.
	www.nycroads.com /crossings/tappan-zee (5082 words)

	NSPE's Engineering Times
		Because of the increasing stress on the bridge and the increasing congestion for travelers, public discussions are taking place about the bridge's future.
		Plotkin, who has been attending local meetings about the bridge, says that there is a lot of confusion among local residents about the bridge's future, and he notes that there is no one answer about the bridge at this point.
		The first test borings for the bridge were sunk in June 1951, and construction began in March 1952.
	www.nspe.org /etweb/14-02tappanzee.asp (1038 words)

	BSI Success Stories > Tappan Zee Bridge, NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is the only bridge that crosses the Hudson River between Westchester and Rockland counties 13 miles north of New York City.At 3.03 miles long it is one of the longest bridges in the United States.
		This bridge is a major commute as well as a commercial corridor and is a major choke point causing recurring congestion.In 1987 a $30.25 million dollar project added a lane and a permanent median barrier to separate four southbound and three northbound lanes.
		By 1991 the bridge was carrying 105,000 vehicles per day.In 1992 the New York Thruway Authority contracted for the installation of the Quickchange® Moveable Barrier (QMB) system.
	www.barriersystemsinc.com /success/story.asp?key=8 (318 words)

	Tappan Zee Bridge \| Highways \| Arup
		The options under consideration include preservation and rehabilitation of the existing bridge, a new bridge, a new immersed tunnel, a new bored tunnel, and various combinations to carry a highway, transit, or both.
		The Tappen Zee bridge was originally opened in 1955 and is the only bridge that crosses the Hudson River between Westchester and Rockland counties 13 miles north of New York City.
		It is one of the longest bridges in the United States at 3.03 miles long.
	www.arup.com /highways/project.cfm?pageid=1724 (296 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Environmental Impact Statement/Alternatives Analysis: Westchester and Rockland Counties, NY, ...
		The Corridor includes the lifeline 3.1 mile-long Tappan Zee Bridge crossing of the Hudson River, and encompasses a critical section of the New York State Thruway, as well as the entire Cross Westchester Expressway (CWE).
		The Tappan Zee Bridge opened to traffic in 1955 and carried an average of 18,000 vehicles daily.
		These problems are most acute in the vicinity of the Tappan Zee Bridge itself during the eastbound morning and westbound evening peak periods.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/December/Day-23/i32258.htm (1456 words)

	Tappan Zee Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The deteriorating structure, combined with concern of over-usage by increased traffic over the bridge has led to plans to repair the bridge or replace it with a tunnel or a new bridge [1] (pdf).
		The bridge can be seen out of the train windows during the dinner scene between Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint on the train in "North by Northwest".
		Mile markers on the bridge are used to report an accident or jumper.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tappan_Zee_Bridge (625 words)

	Tappan Tunnel
		When asked, "Where you take all this material as it is removed in the development of the Tappan Tunnel, his straight forward answer is, "the tracks leading out of the tunnel would go straight to one of the empty quarrys located on the West side of the Hudson beyond the Palisades.
		The greatest deficiency in the report and greatest disservice to the affected communities is the failure to address the replacement initially of the Tappan Zee Bridge and ultimately of the complete I287 Corridor with a subsurface tunnel.
		The Tappan Zee Bridge and its approaches should be removed from the historic and scenic Hudson Valley.
	www.newcolonist.com /tunnel.html (1532 words)

	A Bridge That Has Nowhere Left to Go (NY's Tappan Zee Bridge) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Tappan Zee Bridge, the most critical transportation link across the Hudson River north of New York City, is not even half as old as the Brooklyn Bridge, but its warranty has already expired.
		The Tappan Zee Bridge was built to last only 50 years, and its time is up, with its roadway deteriorating and superstructure rusting.
		DOT's Division of Bridges is responsible for the design, construction, maintenance and operation of the 790 bridges (including 6 tunnels) and 67 culverts presently under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.
	freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1560062/posts (2473 words)

	The Fool Review » The Tappan Zee Bridge Webcam
		It's a great thing that the bridge now has a webcam devoted to displaying the day to day life of the Tappan Zee.
		Tappan Zee is kind of a funky name.
		Instead this Zee was a passage to the shithole that is now upstate New York.
	www.thefoolreview.com /index.php?itemid=196 (489 words)

	Tappan Zee Bridge Alteration or Replacement [Archive] - Wired New York Forum
		The Tappan Zee Bridge, which is three miles long and connects Nyack, in Rockland County, to Tarrytown, in Westchester, stretches across one of the widest sections of the Hudson River.
		It's an aging bridge, choked by traffic, and state planners agree that the Tappan Zee is badly in need of an extreme makeover, or at least the engineering equivalent of a tummy tuck.
		Unlike other bridges in the region - The Brooklyn Bridge is 122 years old, and the George Washington Bridge will turn 75 this year - the Tappan Zee was not built to last, because of wartime pressures, according to Ramesh Mehta, the divisional director of the Thruway Authority in charge of the southern Hudson Valley.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-3805.html (10163 words)

	Tappan Zee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tappan Zee (or Tappan Sea) is a natural widening of the Hudson River, approximately 3 mi (5 km) across at its widest, in southeastern New York State in the United States.
		Communities along the Tappan Zee include Nyack and Haverstraw on the western side, as well as Ossining, Tarrytown, and Croton-on-Hudson on the eastern side.
		The Tappan Zee is mentioned several times in Washington Irving's famous short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tappan_Zee (281 words)

	Tappan Zee fate nears solution
		The catwalk underneath the bridge doesn't faze Roche.
		Pat Gilchrest, executive director of the Orange County Citizens Foundation, remembers going over the Tappan Zee bridge when she worked for Texaco in the late 1950s.
		The bridge also needs so much maintenance that building a new one might be more cost-effective.
	archive.recordonline.com /archive/2003/07/20/nktappan.htm (618 words)

	The Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Studio Website
		Currently, there are 15 alternatives on the table by the MTA and the NYS Thruway Authority: six multi-modal systems, three bus rapid transit (BRT), three commuter rail, three light rail transit and three for highway improvements only.
		BRT was recommended because it provides the most flexibility since it is not confined to a fixed right-of-way and this attribute is particularly important in a low-density environment with rugged topography.
		A goal of 5-10% transit use was established for 2030, with infrastructure to accommodate the future expansion of the bridge should the demand for transit increase.
	www.arch.columbia.edu /Studio/Spring2005/UP/TappanZeeBridge (163 words)

	www.ny.gov - GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF INTERCHANGE 8 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY
		Because of its location in one of the most congested corridors in New York State—more than 135,000 vehicles cross the Tappan Zee Bridge daily—no long-term road closures were allowed for the project, necessitating a complex staged construction plan that included overnight and off-peak shifts to minimize inconvenience to motorists.
		Four new bridges were constructed, 3 rebuilt, 4 replaced; 20 new retaining walls are up and 3 new noise barrier walls are in place.
		Most recently, the Project won the first-ever “Tappan Zee Award,” to be given by the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
	www.state.ny.us /governor/press/04/may28_10_04.htm (796 words)

	Bridges Across the Hudson -- Bike Hudson Valley
		Occasionally an organization may receive permission to ride bicycles across this bridge as part of an event -- see Great Tappan Zee Bike Tour for MS, organized by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society -- Southern New York Chapter.
		Bicycles may be ridden on the sidewalk on the South side of the bridge (as of December 2004).
		Bicycles may be taken across the walkway on the North side of the bridge (as of November 2001).
	www.roberts-1.com /bikehudson/r/r/bridges (762 words)

	ipedia.com: Tappan Zee Bridge Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The total length of the bridge and approaches is 16013 feet (just over 3 miles, about 4.9 km).
		The cantilever span is 2416 feet (736 meters) providing a 138 foot (42 meter) clearance over the water.
		The bridge is part of the New York Thruway highway system, designated as Interstate 87 and Interstate 287.
	www.ipedia.com /tappan_zee_bridge.html (210 words)

	Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor \| Americas \| Arup
		The goal is to determine the future for the existing corridor, which is currently capacity and condition constrained.
		Quantification of the existing conditions within the corridor, but particularly for the Tappan Zee Bridge, including in-depth and biennial inspection, investigation and assessment of the existing Tappan Zee Bridge, and evaluation of condition, vulnerabilities and capacity plus life cycle costing assuming preservation, rehabilitation or widening.
		Investigation, concept and preliminary design for additional or completely new crossings of the Hudson in the region of the existing crossing or further to the north or south.
	www.arup.com /americas/project.cfm?pageid=4010 (342 words)

	Interchange of the Week-#26
		At top left is the Tappan Zee Bridge toll plaza, where payment ($4.00 for passenger cars) is collected in the eastbound direction only.
		Tappan Zee Bridge: Spanning the Hudson River at its widest point, an expanse of tidewater known as Tappan Zee, the bridge connects South Nyack on the west shore with Tarrytown on the east.
		This swings around and becomes a southbound entrance to the Tappan Zee Bridge.
	www.empirestateroads.com /week/week26.html (576 words)

	Live from the Third Rail: Archive
		New York State officials finally figured out the six final possibilities for the Tappan Zee Bridge, and three of them include transit.
		We will have to wait until the EIS is finished to see which one is selected, but it would be a shame for the growing areas of the Hudson Valley to not have some transit options along this heavily traveled east-west corridor.
		I was surprised that the new bridge plans include accommodations for picnics, but a meal over the Hudson would be pretty neat.
	thirdrail.smorgasblog.com /archives/002068.html (191 words)

	Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Environmental Review
		The first phase of the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Environmental Review, the Alternatives Analysis, ended in March 2006 with the submission of a final report to the Inter-Metropolitan Planning Organization (IMPO) detailing six alternatives that will now be carried forward into the second phase of study, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
		The alternatives were reviewed by the Westchester Rockland Tappan Zee Futures Task Force and in two rounds of public meetings.
		How we got here: During an intensive public outreach effort, more than 150 suggestions on how to improve conditions in the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 corridor were identified for analysis.
	www.tzbsite.com (274 words)

	Tappan Zee Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Weidlinger Associates is responsible for the design, resident engineering, and construction inspection of a pier protection system for this cantilever truss bridge crossing the Hudson River.
		The system consists of pile supported platforms, which are being installed at the bridge's main towers.
		Weidlinger is providing a design for structural steel repairs to the steel of the towers in conjunction with the painting.
	www.wai.com /Transportation/Bridges-long/tappan1.html (132 words)

	wcbstv.com - Tappan Zee Bridge An Impending Disaster?
		"Speaking to people who work on the bridge, they use terms like, "the bridge is shot," and everything done to it now is a band-aid," said Bruce Golding, a reporter for The Journal News.
		The Thruway Authority also said the bridge is safe, and not in a state of disrepair.
		It will spend millions to fix the problems on the bridge, even as the state considers spending billions to replace it.
	wcbstv.com /topstories/local_story_331191304.html (305 words)

	3-digit Interstates from I-87 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Interstate 287 crosses the Hudson on the Tappan Zee Bridge.
		In 1966, Robert Moses proposed a $150 million, 6.1-mile bridge to extend I-287 to NY 135 (Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway) on Long Island.
		However, the bridge proposal remains popular on Long Island, and has been revisited from time to time.
	www.kurumi.com.cob-web.org:8888 /roads/3di/ix87.html (1397 words)

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