Work continues on the new Tappan Zee Bridge near Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. The $4 billion bridge replacement is of the biggest infrastructure efforts currently underway in the U.S. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. - The concrete needed for New York's new, $4 billion Tappan Zee Bridge, under construction over the Hudson River, would be enough to make a 1,500-mile sidewalk reaching all the way to Florida's Key West.
A span on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, foreground, awaits completion while motorists continue to use the older bridge, background, near Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. The $4 billion bridge replacement, one of the biggest infrastructure efforts currently underway in the U.S. ORG XMIT: NYSW101 less A span on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, foreground, awaits completion while motorists continue to use the older bridge, background, near Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016.
Tarrytown, N.Y. a The concrete needed for New York's new, $4 billion Tappan Zee Bridge, under construction over the Hudson River, would be enough to make a 1,500-mile sidewalk reaching all the way to Florida's Key West. And the floating super-crane that hoisted 220 million pounds of steel girders for the road deck is so powerful it could lift a dozen Statues of Liberty.