The New NY Bridge project reached a major milestone in late August with the installation of the first approach-span pile cap. These 300-ton concrete elements unify and “cap” the…
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The New NY Bridge team’s high standards of quality and precision are crucial to the day-to-day operations of the project. To ensure that the bridge’s foundation piles are welded with…
The tops of the New NY Bridge’s steel piles reveal only a fraction of their full length, some of which extend hundreds of feet into the riverbed. The Hudson Valley…
The New York State Thruway Authority, Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC (TZC) and the U.S. Coast Guard have worked together to establish a safe channel for recreational boaters looking to access…
A labyrinth of steel is emerging out of the Hudson River. Above, a construction worker navigates across the formwork within a main span pile cap, which will support the new…
The Thruway Authority’s Tappan Zee Bridge maintenance and operations team and New York State Police Troop T have moved from Tarrytown to a temporary new home in West Nyack, where…
One of the floating batch plants on the New NY Bridge project site, preparing concrete for construction operations. Over 300,000 cubic yards of concrete will be required to build the…
The New NY Bridge team is reducing the project’s impact to the environment through the use of construction platforms—known as trestles—on either side of the Hudson River. The trestles, which…
These enormous piles are driven into the project site riverbed to form the foundation of the New NY Bridge. They have become a familiar sight on the Hudson River: scores…
The New NY Bridge will stand on more than 1,000 pipe piles – enormous tubes of steel that provide the foundation to support the bridge. These piles are installed deep…
