Nov 19th, 2017 : Tappan Zee Bridge

[xoxoxoBruce]

Anyone driving from southern New England to Philly and points south has basically two choices. One is going through NYC and
the George Washington Bridge. The other was the Tappan Zee Bridge 20 miles north.
Opened in 1955 it was the longest bridge in NY state at 16,013 feet (4.881 miles), but always a bottleneck.
So they decided to build a new bridge next to it for $4 Billion, and tear the Tappan Zee down.



Now a bridge 7 lanes wide and near 5 miles long results in a lot of reinforced concrete.
But both the concrete and rebar are being recycled.



Bring on the concrete munchers, nom nom nom.



That crane in the background is rated at 600 tons.



No link, my buddy's son sold the the CAT munchers to the contractor, and took the pictures.