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The New NY Bridge Project Monthly Newsletter_March
March 17, 2016 by
Holiday Travel this week on the TZ Bridge
December 20, 2014 by
For immediate release: December 19, 2014
ALL LANES OF NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY (I-87/I-287) WILL REMAIN OPEN FROM WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24 THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 28 TO EASE HOLIDAY TRAVEL
All lanes of the New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287) will remain open from Wednesday, Dec. 24 through Sunday, Dec. 28 to help New Yorkers reach their winter holiday destinations. The five-day, lane-closure-free period follows Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s “Drivers First” initiative, which gives priority to motorists by ensuring that disruptions associated with highway and bridge projects are kept as minimal as possible.
While Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC (TZC) will continue working in several areas of the project during the week of Dec. 22, none of the planned activities will result in the closure of any traffic lanes. No construction work is scheduled for Christmas Day, Thursday, Dec. 25, though safety and security teams will remain on site.
20-Minute closures of the north- and southbound Thruway and other lane closures scheduled for overnight Friday, Dec. 19
The removal of an overhead sign gantry near exit 10 in South Nyack will require the closure of three lanes of the southbound New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287) during the overnight of Friday, Dec. 19. Two lanes will be closed at 9 p.m., followed by a third lane at 12 midnight. One lane will remain open, other than during the periodic complete closures detailed below. The three closed lanes will reopen at 7 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 20.
The operation also will require a series of 20-minute closures of all four lanes on both the north- and southbound Thruway between the hours of 11:59 p.m., Friday, December 19 and 6 a.m., Saturday, December 20. To ensure the safety of the public, the New York State Police will stop and hold all traffic approaching the gantry removal operation immediately before the closures go into effect. Motorists will be permitted to enter the Thruway from all ramps during the closures.
Travelers are advised that delays are likely on both directions of the Thruway during the overnight operation.
Continued Demolition of Westchester Landing of Existing Tappan Zee Bridge
Following the removal of sections of deck of the existing Tappan Zee Bridge to make way for the new bridge, the associated supporting piers are being demolished. The majority of this work, which will clear the path for the northbound bridge’s landing and first foundation pier, will be completed during daytime hours.
Pile Driving and Other Construction Activity
Construction will continue in the Hudson River as crews place the foundations of the new bridge. Work will include pile driving from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Wednesday and noon to 7 p.m., Saturday. No pile driving will occur on Christmas Day, Thursday, Dec. 25 or Friday Dec. 26.
A second shift of workers also will continue pile welding, pile cleanout and concrete placement operations associated with foundations.
Work is continuing on the new bridge’s landings on both sides of the river.
Additional work includes:
- Pile cap foundation construction
- Main span foundation construction
- River Road utility work
- Support for river-based work from the Rockland trestle
- Survey inspections on existing bridge
Boater Safety
The U.S. Coast Guard has established a Safety Zone surrounding 16 construction barge mooring locations at the project site. No unauthorized vessels are allowed in the Safety Zone. In addition, marine law enforcement will be enforcing the rules of the expanded Regulated Navigation Areas (RNAs) east and west of the Safety Zone. The RNAs stretch 500 yards north and 500 yards south of the existing bridge. Boaters are urged to transit the main channel with no wake at a maximum speed of 5 knots, and to use extreme caution on the river at all times.
More New NY Bridge boater safety information, including the U.S. Coast Guard Notice to Mariners and construction site maps, can be found here at NewNYBridge.com. An interactive map showing vessel locations on the Hudson River is also available here for recreational and commercial boaters to get updated information on this very active construction zone. The GPS tracking map is for informational purposes and not intended for navigation.
Mariners also should be aware that TZC will continue work in the vicinity of the side channels under the existing bridge. Additional temporary navigational lights have been installed to further define the 600-foot navigation channel under the main span. Permanent elements of the new bridge are lit per U.S. Coast Guard requirements, as are all moorings, barges and other equipment.
All lane closures are subject to change due to traffic, weather or emergency situations. Please visit http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/map/index.html?layer=incidents for real-time information regarding traffic conditions.
Tappan Zee Bridge Skeleton Takes Shape at Tomkins Cove
October 24, 2014 by
Less than 15 miles from where the new Tappan Zee Bridge is being built, its steely skeleton is being put together. Dozens of workers are assembling fortified steel cages along the Hudson River.
STONY POINT – Less than 15 miles from the Tappan Zee Bridge, the steel skeleton of its replacement is being meticulously pieced together.
“The site is perfect,” Ro DiNardo, construction services manager for bridge builder Tappan Zee Constructors, said. “It’s 18 acres, and it has all the space we needed for these activities.”
For the first time, Tappan Zee Constructors on Tuesday offered a behind-the-scenes look at the bustling staging area at Tomkins Cove, a former power plant next to the Hudson River. DiNardo said its proximity to the bridge is saving time on the $3.9 billion replacement project, which is expected to be completed in 2018.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s happening on site:
Pile reinforcement
The estimated 1,000 hollow piles that are being set in the Hudson River are being fortified with cages made of reinforced steel, also known as rebar.
Bridge columns
Workers are also assembling cages that will ultimately become bridge columns. The steel structures are produced in a factory in New Jersey and dipped in hot zinc to strengthen them. The coiled-up steel is loaded on trucks and delivered to Tomkins Cove.
Using detailed diagrams, crews of five workers spend several days creating the sections, some of which are 20 feet long.
Then, DiNardo said, comes the tricky and most dangerous part: pouring the concrete into the mold that is built around sections of steel.
“We actually have to put men inside there so we can pour from the bottom and work our way up,” said DiNardo, of New City. “There are a lot of safety concerns. We have to have an entire plan together before we put anyone in there.”
Tower work
The structures that will be used to build the bridge’s eight towers are under construction at the site, too.
Each rectangular platform, known as climbing forms, has an opening in the middle where the concrete gets poured to create the towers in sections.
A hydraulic lift will raise the structure, with the platform eventually standing more than 30 stories above water.
“As we build, this will move with us,” DiNardo said of the platform.
The climbing forms are expected to arrive at the project site by barge in February.
Improved safety
Because the staging area sits next to an active railroad, the project team and railroad officials have had to make adjustments.
In the past few months, CSX freight trains were left unattended for up to two hours during crew shift changes, blocking emergency access to the site. In one instance over the summer, a worker who had an allergic reaction to something he ate, had to be brought by boat to a medical facility in Westchester.
Tappan Zee Constructors has just finished building a foot bridge over the tracks to allow emergency responders to reach the site by land.
The bridge builder expects to use Tomkins Cove through 2017. Eventually, the site will likely be used to demobilize cranes and other equipment when the work is done.
Fast facts
Tomkins Cove staging area: 18 acres
Workers: Approximately 60 not including subcontractors
Truck traffic: 5 to 20 per day
Barge traffic: 1 to 5 per day
Distance to Tappan Zee Bridge site: 14 nautical miles
Ask us about the Tappan Zee
When: Nov. 1 at 11 a.m.
Where: Pierson Park, Tarrytown
What: Journal News/lohud transportation reporters Theresa Juva-Brown and Khurram Saeed will answer questions and listen to comments about our Tappan Zee Bridge coverage. Join them for the informal chat over coffee and snacks.
Bridge Updates and Closings
October 20, 2014 by
NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY (I-87/I-287) southbound EXIT 9 TO BE CLOSED OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR PAVING OPERATIONS
Exit 9 (Tarrytown – Sleepy Hollow – US Route 9) of the southbound New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287) will be closed between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. during the overnights of Wednesday, Oct. 22 and Thursday, Oct. 23 to enable a widening of the southbound New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287) in Westchester County.
The widening of the southbound Thruway will require paving the shoulder in the vicinity of Exit 9 and is being done to facilitate a series of lane shifts occurring in the near future. Drivers bound for destinations in the Tarrytown vicinity are advised to use Exit 8A (I-87 – Elmsford – NY Route 119), continue north on northbound Route 119/White Plains Road, turn right onto to I287 west towards I-87/Tappan Zee Bridge and continue to Exit 9 (Tarrytown – Sleepy Hollow – US Route 9). Drivers bound for destinations on or near White Plains Rd/Route 119 are advised to use Exit 8A to stay on Route 119. See graphic below.
One lane of the northbound Thruway in the vicinity of Exit 9 will be closed at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24. At 9 p.m., a second lane will be closed and at 10 p.m., a third lane will be closed. All lanes will reopen at 8 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 24. These closures also are related to the above-mentioned paving operation.
Motorists are reminded that the northbound Thruway lanes recently were narrowed slightly at the Westchester approach to the Tappan Zee Bridge and the speed limit was reduced to 45 mph.
Construction will continue in the Hudson River as crews place the foundation for the new bridge. Work will include pile driving between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday and noon to 7 p.m., Saturday.
A second shift of workers also will continue pile welding, pile cleanout and concrete placement operations associated with permanent foundations.
Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC, (TZC) is continuing construction of the new bridge’s landings. In Westchester, work includes drilling holes into the bedrock for the foundation of the landing. In Rockland, a similar operation is improving the strength of the soil by using aggregate piers, which are made by using a drill to mix soil and aggregate (i.e., crushed stone) to form a strong base for the new bridge’s abutment and foundation. The drilling process is less audible than impact pile driving and TZC has implemented noise-reducing measures to further minimize sound levels. The eight-week operation is anticipated to conclude in November.
Work will continue on the Rockland work trestle near the shoreline, including pile driving and cofferdam installation. The trestle will support equipment used for the construction of the westernmost section of the new bridge.
The U.S. Coast Guard has established a Safety Zone surrounding 16 construction barge mooring locations at the project site. No unauthorized vessels are allowed in the Safety Zone. In addition, marine law enforcement will be enforcing the rules of the expanded Regulated Navigation Areas (RNAs) east and west of the Safety Zone. The RNAs stretch 500 yards north and 500 yards south of the existing bridge. Boaters are urged to transit the main channel with no wake at a maximum speed of 5 knots, and to use extreme caution on the river at all times.
More New NY Bridge boater safety information, including the U.S. Coast Guard Notice to Mariners and construction site maps, can be found here at NewNYBridge.com. An interactive map showing vessel locations on the Hudson River is also available here for recreational and commercial boaters to get updated information on this very active construction zone. The GPS tracking map is for informational purposes and not intended for navigation.
Mariners also should be aware that TZC will continue work in the vicinity of the side channels under the existing bridge. Additional temporary navigational lights have been installed to further define the 600-foot navigation channel under the main span. Permanent elements of the new bridge are lit per U.S. Coast Guard requirements, as are all moorings, barges and other equipment.
Lane Closures for New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287):
| Monday | Oct. 20 | Southbound right lane near exit 10 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Monday | Oct. 20 | Southbound right lane across the Tappan Zee Bridge | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Monday | Oct. 20 | Southbound right lane near exit 9 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Oct. 21 | Southbound right lane near exit 10 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Oct. 22 | Southbound right lane near exit 10 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Oct. 22 | Southbound right lane near exit 9 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Oct. 22 | Southbound right lane near exit 9 | 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Oct. 22 | Southbound two right lanes near exit 9 | 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Oct. 22 | I-87 Exit 9 exit ramp in Tarrytown closed | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| Thursday | Oct. 23 | Southbound two right lanes near exit 9 | Midnight to 6 a.m. |
| Thursday | Oct. 23 | I-87 Exit 9 exit ramp in Tarrytown closed | Midnight to 5 a.m. |
| Thursday | Oct. 23 | Northbound right lane near exit 9 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Thursday | Oct. 23 | Southbound right lane near exit 9 | 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
| Thursday | Oct. 23 | Southbound two right lanes near exit 9 | 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| Thursday | Oct. 23 | I-87 Exit 9 exit ramp in Tarrytown closed | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| Thursday | Oct. 23 | Southbound 35 mph EZ-Pass lanes in Tarrytown closed | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 24 | Southbound two right lanes near exit 9 | Midnight to 6 a.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 24 | I-87 Exit 9 exit ramp in Tarrytown closed | Midnight to 5 a.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 24 | Southbound 35 mph EZ-Pass lanes in Tarrytown closed | Midnight to 4 a.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 24 | Northbound right lane near exit 9 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 24 | Southbound left lane near exit 9 | 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 24 | Northbound two left lanes near exit 9 | 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 24 | Northbound three left lanes near exit 9 | 11 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| Friday | Oct. 24 | Southbound 35 mph EZ-Pass lanes in Tarrytown closed | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| Saturday | Oct. 25 | Northbound three left lanes near exit 9 | Midnight to 8 a.m. |
| Saturday | Oct. 25 | Southbound 35 mph EZ-Pass lanes in Tarrytown closed | Midnight to 4 a.m. |
All lane closures are subject to change due to traffic, weather or emergency situations. Please visit http://www.thruway.ny.gov/travelers/map/index.html?layer=incidents for real time information regarding traffic conditions.
Ongoing Operations:
- Permanent pile installation, including pile driving between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weekdays, and between noon and 7 p.m. on Saturdays
- Pile Cap foundation construction
- Main Span foundation construction
- Rockland Landing construction
- Westchester landing construction
- River Road utility work
- Rockland trestle construction, including pile driving
- Survey inspections on existing bridge
- Support for river-based work from the Rockland trestle
T.Z. Bridge: State cops move to Rockland from Tarrytown
August 12, 2014 by
LoHud august 8, 2014 Theresa Juva-Brown, tjuva@lohud.com
If you’re looking for the state police station in Tarrytown, be prepared to drive across the Tappan Zee Bridge to Rockland.
Troopers have moved to 160 N. Route 303 in West Nyack, where they will share a 42,000-square-foot building with 28 Thruway Authority employees for the next four years. It also is housing the headquarters of Zone 1, which includes three state police barracks in the region.
The Thruway and state police leave behind an 18,000-square-foot building on Route 9 that will be torn down in the next year to make way for Tappan Zee Bridge construction activities.
“We were over there for 50-plus years in that barracks,” said state police Capt. Richard Mazzone, commander of Zone 1. “The move — when you’ve been in the building that long — is certainly a little difficult, but we certainly planned it well, and we’ve made the move rather seamless.”
Though the Tarrytown station is now in Rockland, it has retained its Westchester identity.
“We are referring to it as the Tarrytown barracks,” Mazzone said. “This is a temporary facility.”
In 2018 after the new Tappan Zee Bridge is completed, state police and the Thruway Authority will move back to Tarrytown to separate locations that have yet to be built.
For the past month, troopers have been settling into the transformed warehouse, the former Journal News printing plant. The new building has its perks — a lot more space — but also drawbacks — a lack of windows and natural light.
Mazzone said he doesn’t know of any problems with people finding the new location, which is a couple miles from the Tappan Zee, unlike the old barracks.
“As far as the 100 miles of roadway in Zone 1, the bridge is one of the most critical pieces of roadway,” he said. “It’s definitely going to be nicer when we get back in the new facility, where I can look out the window and actually see the bridge.”
That will be especially important because the new 3-mile crossing will have a path for cyclists and pedestrians.
“We’re certainly anticipating some additional responsibilities with the shared-use path,” Mazzone said.
Tappan Zee viewing areas coming to Nyack, Tarrytown
April 8, 2014 by
LoHud; The Journal News Khurram Saeed, ksaeed@lohud.com2:15 p.m. EDT April 7, 2014
Memorial Park in Nyack and RiverWalk Park in Tarrytown will offer close vantage points to check out what’s happening on the river or the perfect background for selfies.
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Love it or hate it, construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge is sure to draw huge crowds over the coming months and years.
Not only are two spans going up, but how many of us have had a chance to see a mega-project like this rise before our collective eyes?
While both Rockland and Westchester offer numerous lovely vantage points from their shores, the official go-to viewing sites will be in Nyack’s Memorial Park and RiverWalk Park in Tarrytown. Platforms with binoculars, signs and seating are expected to open sometime this summer.
“People are going to come so we might as well plan for it,” Tarrytown Village Administrator Mike Blau said. Both villages will receive $50,000 through the project’s $20 million community benefits programs, which is equally funded by the state Thruway Authority and Tappan Zee Constructors, the team designing and building the $3.9 billion crossing.
The Tarrytown viewing area will be set up at the end of West Main Street, adjacent to Pierson Park. There’s already a round deck there, surrounded by a stone wall. It can comfortably fit 15 people, Blau said.
At least two binoculars on stands will be in place, along with signs about local history and information about the construction equipment in the water.
“When you see something come out of the river, I think a lot of people will be curious and will want to go look at it,” Blau said.
Both character-rich villages also are in line to cash in from the visitors through 2018, when the project is expected to wrap up.
“We see it as a unique economic opportunity,” Nyack mayor Jen Laird-White said. “The more people that come to look at the bridge, the more they’ll stop in Nyack and eat lunch or have a cocktail or buy something in our stores.”
The village was already planning a major renovation of its fishing pier, with $150,000 already in hand from New York’s state department.
Measuring 90 feet long by 30 feet wide, the current pier, lined with gravel and bordered by large boulders, will be transformed into a destination with a wood surface, decorative lighting, wood rails, fixed and moveable benches and tables and a curved end resembling a boat.
The project still has to be bid and construction could start as early as June, Nyack Village Administrator Jim Politi said.
The mayor said there’s some talk of a having a temporary stop-gap measure until then so people have someplace to look out on the Hudson, especially with the expected arrival of the humongous floating crane known as the Left Coast Lifter during the next several weeks.
“People love to watch things getting built,” Laird-White said.
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Building a New Bridge Video!
March 26, 2014 by
Building a New Bridge!
Building a New Bridge
NY Times BY ROOPA VASUDEVAN AND STEPHEN FARRELLMarch 25th, 2014
This video graphic illustrates how a new cable-stayed bridge across the Hudson River north of New York City will replace the 60-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge between Rockland and Westchester Counties.
Tappan Zee Bridge spectator areas may be set up during work
May 4, 2013 by
LoHud ; By Theresa Juva-Brown and Khurram Saeed
May 4, 2013
The massive effort to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge will create a grand spectacle on the river that likely will draw crowds of curious onlookers.
While Tarrytown has plenty of public waterfront where official viewing areas can be set up, that’s not the case across the river. Because there are no public spaces along the South Nyack shore, residents there are concerned that people will wander onto their properties to watch the $3.9 billion project take shape.
Trespassing is already a problem at South Nyack’s Salisbury Point, co-op Vice President Judy Hirschhorn said. The 120-unit riverfront complex has a front-row view of the Tappan Zee that often attracts outside visitors who make themselves at home on the complex’s sprawling lawn. Some cyclists are also notorious for urinating in Salisbury Point’s bushes, she said.
Residents worry that when heavy construction starts on the new Tappan Zee, spectators from all over will flock to their parking lots to get a glimpse of the action.
“We think it’s going to be a huge problem,” she said.
Nyack Mayor Jen Laird-White said some people might go to Nyack’s Memorial Park to get unimpeded — but distant — views of the construction.
One resident has proposed getting the project team to help overhaul Memorial Park, including moving the parking lot to Nyack Municipal Marina and building a pedestrian bridge over the inlet to connect the two areas, she said.
Meanwhile, leaders in Tarrytown are already looking at the village’s waterfront for possible viewing stations, including Losee and Pierson parks and the River Walk.
David Aukland, Tarrytown’s liaison to the project, said he envisions an area where people could not only watch construction but also learn about the project.
“We know the public is interested, and we’d rather them have clear information than have them guess,” he said.
The area, which he said would likely be created by the Thruway Authority and Tappan Zee Constructors, could include binoculars and signs that explain the work. The signs could also feature tags people scan with their smartphones to get information about local wildlife and history, he said.
That would be similar to the approach taken by another huge public works project, the reconstruction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which has a designated viewing area. The location offers information on the bridge’s history and great views of the self-anchored suspension portion of the new Bay Bridge East Span, said John Goodwin, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Brian Conybeare, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special adviser on the Tappan Zee Bridge project, said the project team is discussing possible viewing sites with officials on both sides of the river.
“The goal is to find safe, accessible, public areas where people can view the project and take pictures once construction gets going, but no final determination on locations has been made,” he said in an email.
In addition to asking the project team for security fencing and cameras, Salisbury officials plan to post more trespassing signs and work with South Nyack-Grand View police to keep an eye out for unwelcome visitors.
Hirschhorn said measures need to be in place soon. Dredging of the river bottom is set to start in August and will likely attract attention, she said.
“We can’t have people walking all over our property,” she said.
State Cops To Relocate During T.Z. Rebuilding – Tarrytown Barracks Will Move To W. Nyack
April 27, 2013 by
LoHud.com April 27, 2013
Written by Theresa Juva Brown
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201304262159/NEWS/304260115
Tappan Zee Constructors is finalizing a deal that would temporarily move state police and Thruway Authority facilities from Tarrytown to West Nyack during construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, state officials confirmed Friday.
TZC is about to sign a lease for a 42,000-square-foot warehouse at 160 N. Route 303. It is the former site of The Journal News Rockland printing operation and is now owned by Hauser Brothers, a construction contracting group.
This latest deal comes just weeks after Tappan Zee Constructors moved hundreds of project employees to new, leased office space on Old White Plains Road in Tarrytown.
“It’s exciting,” said Paul Adler, vice president at Rand Commercial Services, which is handling the West Nyack deal. “Folks, particularly in commercial real estate, have been suffering. … To finally see the light at the end of the tunnel — and it’s not a train coming at you — is critically important.”
As part of the bridge project contract, TZC will tear down the existing state police and Thruway buildings on South Broadway and use the land as a construction staging area.
After the $4 billion project is completed, TZC will rebuild those facilities. In the meantime, it has agreed to pay to relocate those agencies.
The asking price for the West Nyack warehouse was $6.25 per square foot, according to a listing on Rand’s website.
Adler said Rand has been preparing to assist with the space needs of the Tappan Zee project since last year, including setting up a Web page, www.tappanzeebridgeinfo.com, which advertises various types of available properties in Westchester and Rockland.
In addition to commercial properties, Adler expects a growing demand for housing as project workers arrive in the area. That will benefit everyone, he said.
“Everything from the dry cleaners to the pizza shop to restaurants and hotels, all of them get a shot in the arm,” he said. “Coming out of the long, dark, deep recession, this is just the kind of bump people need to restart the engine.”
In fact, Wedged-in Deli and Catering at 605 Old White Plains Rd., not far from the new TZC office, is already getting a bump as occupants of the newly filled office space turn to the family operated business for their food needs.
“They have been ordering some catering from us and coming in during lunchtime,” deli manager Harrison Yu said. “It’s helping us, but we are definitely expecting more as construction goes full on.”
Brian Conybeare, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special adviser on the project, called such signs “just the beginning of the positive economic impact” the project will have on the region.
New NY Bridge Project Update April 19, 2013
April 19, 2013 by
April 19, 2013
New NY Bridge surveying crews to conduct multiple operations
Surveying work for the New NY Bridge Project will continue during the week of April 22 as engineering crews conduct more design surveys at various locations in Rockland and Westchester in the vicinity of the project, including the Westchester Haul Road location on New York State Thruway property in Tarrytown.
Installation of construction monitoring devices is planned at several locations this week. These devices, which monitor vibration, noise, and air quality, will be in place for the duration of the project to record construction activity impacts.
Preconstruction surveys of properties located near the construction will begin next week. These operations will be conducted by engineering teams and will involve photographing the exterior and interior of structures. Tappan Zee Constructors is coordinating with the property owners for access.
Preconstruction geotechnical investigations will continue as small barge-based drilling equipment will work at various locations throughout the project footprint in the Hudson River. The crews are conducting preconstruction geotechnical surveys to determine soil conditions where future piles will be installed for the new span. Noise levels from the equipment will be at a minimum. The river-based operations will run continuously 24 hours a day Monday through Friday and possibly Saturday.
Westchester:
Limited test-boring operations will continue on land under the existing bridge and just to the north at the proposed bridge locations. These operations are being conducted on Thruway property and will not affect traffic in any way. The work is scheduled to be conducted between the hours of 7 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday.
Rockland:
There are no land-based boring operations scheduled for the Rockland area for the week of April 22.