The New NY Bridge team is reaching out to New York firms, suppliers and subcontractors – particularly disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) – to aid construction efforts. DBEs are defined by the U.S Department of Transportation as small businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals such as women, minorities, veterans or disabled persons.
Safety is the number one priority on the New NY Bridge project, and the team would like to remind everyone to practice safe driving habits this holiday weekend, especially around…
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…
Native to the Hudson River and once plentiful here, the shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon were identified as endangered species and fishing of them was halted in 1996. Since then, the…
The New NY Bridge project is now accepting submissions for its 2014 Bridge Art Show. The juried exhibit is an opportunity for local artists to showcase their interpretations of the…
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 GPS vessel tracking map. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last week announced a new GPS system to track construction vessels in the area of the New NY Bridge project….
Hundreds of feet above the Hudson, a nest box installed in the steel super structure of the Tappan Zee Bridge provides a home for one of the fastest families on…
President Obama arrived at the New NY Bridge project site in May 2014 to make a push for funding transportation infrastructure.
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…
