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Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge

Rockland County, New York, and Westchester County, New York

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Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge

looking west from Tarrytown; Tappan Zee bridge still in use

Photo taken by Geoff Hubbs in October 2017

License: Released into public domain

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BH Photo #446144

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
New bridge carrying I-87 and I-287 Thruway over Hudson River replacing Tappan Zee Bridge
Location
Tarrytown, Rockland County, New York, and Westchester County, New York
Status
Open to traffic; pedestrian/bike path opened on north side in June 2020
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Part of the Tappan Zee Constructors, a design-build LLC)
- Fluor Corporation (Part of the Tappan Zee Constructors, a design-build LLC)
- Granite Construction of Watsonville, California (Part of the Tappan Zee Constructors, a design-build LLC)
- Traylor Brothers Inc. of Evansville, Indiana (Part of the Tappan Zee Constructors, a design-build LLC)
Design
Cable-stayed, 2 parallel bridges
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 1,200.0 ft.
Total length: 16,368.0 ft. (3.1 mi.)
Also called
The New NY Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.07138, -73.89020   (decimal degrees)
41°04'17" N, 73°53'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/593235/4547274 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Nyack
Inventory number
BH 78294 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,530)
Built 2017 (33)
Built during 2010s (439)
Cable-stayed (96)
Curved (469)
Fluor Corporation (1)
Granite Construction (4)
Have street view (27,143)
Hudson River (61)
Interstate 87 (12)
Modern (2,459)
 New York (4,488)
New York State Thruway (22)
Open (40,031)
Over a mile long (301)
Owned by bridge authority (253)
Rockland County, New York (46)
Span length over 1000 feet (106)
Tarrytown, New York (7)
Total length over 2500 feet (919)
Traylor Brothers Inc. (13)
Westchester County, New York (228)

Update Log 

  • January 23, 2021: New photo from Josh Schmid
  • December 3, 2020: New photos from Josh Schmid
  • July 27, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • July 9, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • June 8, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • June 5, 2019: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
  • May 4, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 16, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 5, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 31, 2017: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Per Oakley

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Josh Schmid
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Comments 

Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
Posted October 3, 2019, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I don't know how anyone could think this is the most famous or beautiful bridge in New York except for the family who its named after. Looks like voters agree. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/nyregion/cuomo-license-pl...