The ruins of the semi demolished old Tappan Zee Bridge. Only a small portion of the long causeway still exists. The pavement is gone, but some of the supports remain. The center span isn't connected to anything on either side. New York. June 2018
It's totally surreal to see the bridge I've driven across hundreds of times in the past several decades looking like this. You can still see some of the road supports or abutments, but the roadway is gone and instead of a connection to the main span, there's just a large empty gap.
Here's a cool video from the mid 1950s when the original bridge was under construction...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaReVTZkNNg
Here's another video from the History Channel about American's crumbling infrastructure.
The Tappan Zee Bridge segment starts at 13:07
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pducRLyDmiY
Yet more reasons to retire the old bridge....
nymag.com/news/features/tappan-zee-bridge-2013-2/index1.html
The ruins of the semi demolished old Tappan Zee Bridge. Only a small portion of the long causeway still exists. The pavement is gone, but some of the supports remain. The center span isn't connected to anything on either side. New York. June 2018
It's totally surreal to see the bridge I've driven across hundreds of times in the past several decades looking like this. You can still see some of the road supports or abutments, but the roadway is gone and instead of a connection to the main span, there's just a large empty gap.
Here's a cool video from the mid 1950s when the original bridge was under construction...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaReVTZkNNg
Here's another video from the History Channel about American's crumbling infrastructure.
The Tappan Zee Bridge segment starts at 13:07
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pducRLyDmiY
Yet more reasons to retire the old bridge....
nymag.com/news/features/tappan-zee-bridge-2013-2/index1.html