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Mario Cuomo Memorial Bridge
Description
The Mario Cuomo Memorial Bridge, often referred to as the New Tappan Zee Bridge is the replacement for the Malcom Wilson Bridge, a cantilevered truss bridge that was gradually failing and sinking into the river.
The Mario Cuomo Bridge is a modern cable-stayed bridge and was widely advertised as the “New NY Bridge”.
Facts
- Overview
- Cable-stayed bridge over Hudson RIver on I-87/I-287/NY Thruway
- Location
- Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Opened 2017 to replace Malcom Wilson Bridge
- Design
- Cable-stayed bridge with girder beam approaches
- Also called
- Tappan Zee Bridge
New Tappan Zee Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.07158, -73.89235 (decimal degrees)
41°04'18" N, 73°53'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/593055/4547294 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Nyack
- Inventory number
- BH 78971 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 23, 2017: Added by Matthew
I read the article about this bridge being possibly renamed.Seems A lot of people are against the Cuomo name on this bridge.We will see what happens,won't we?