The Old Tappan Zee Bridge

Started in March 1952, the Tappan Zee Bridge has grown old and
needs to be replaced.

The Tappan Zee Bridge is showing multiple signs of aging. As

seen from the pictures provided below, cracks, rust, and chipping
of asphalt are occurring.

Paint rusting
away and metal
decaying as
shown
----->

Asphalt breaking
and even
chipping away on
bridge
----->

The site is indicated as safe, but the bridge isnt.

The bridge has aged and is to be rebuilt from scratch. If there

was another natural disaster such as Hurricane Sandy, its said
that the Old Tappan Zee Bridge would not stand. Also, its turning
old and its age is starting to hit the bridge.

The Old Tappan Zee Bridge has multiple features that give it its
structure. To remain above ground and not in water, the Tappan
Zee Bridge has many piles. These piles go along the entire length
of the bridge. Piles are made by driving down deep into the
water and rock where the pile will be located. Once passing
several layers of soft and hard rock, the Pile is then ready to be
rested in place and cemented down into place. Once this
happens at the bottom, the piles wont move. At the top, the piles
are ready to handle the weight assigned to them. This is the
process that was assigned to the old Tappan Zee Bridge.

The surrounding area at the bottom of the water has several

layers of rock; mostly hard.

The bridge consists of many nuts and rivets. The total number of
rivets and bolts are in the thousands, but not specified.

The New Tappan Zee Bridge

To be finished in
2018
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The construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge started early

2013.

The new Tappan Zee Bridge is going to be built right next to the
old one. This is going to happen because it will cause less
congestion of traffic. If one bridge is standing while the other is
being built, traffic would flow smoothly; just like the average day
to day traffic. If the bridge were knocked down, a major traffic
jam would occur.

The new bridge is going consist of many features. Some of these

features include the same structure formations as before. Piles
are going to be driven down into the soil to get the structures
foundation going.

The new Tappan Zee Bridge will also have symmetrical tower
foundations on top of the bridge that extend down deep into the
water/rock. These will be constructed after the screw piles are
tested and completed.

The New Bridge is going to consist of many bolts and rivets.

The project is a success due to the fact that there is a lot of soft
and hard rock layers provided beneath the waters surface.