It's a joke, as an upstate New Yorker, they will never take down the tolls. They keep them up and pay the fines and still rape us with tolls 20 years later. That's how NYS works
lcagee its not 5 bucks i live in staten island and its 5 and change and i am a residence. anyone else its 17 bucks or 12 for ez pass holder current me on that amount for 12. also commercial traffic is $22 per axle. so a semi pays about $105. so yeah a little more then your equation....
Rebuilding our country's infrastructures is how we will make America great again by putting Americans back to work rebuilding infrastructures and using and making the 'made in the U.S.A.' materials.
Not going to happen. Construction jobs require skills we don't have. The contractors will get rich, the politicians will get votes, we still will be unemployed without benefits... Nothing gets better in the USA but keep on rockin in the "free" world. Lol
It's a waste of money. The freeway system doesn't have this many lanes so lots of it will go unused and cause bottlenecks on mergers. And commuters have to foot the bill in sky high tolls.
It took 4 billion to build this one bridge. Who would be willing to fund the construction of new roads on the rest of the thruway system to support it.
ABRAHAM GRANT sure but at what cost? I’m not from NY I’m from CA and I’m tired of the tolls across a bridge when the government is supposed to provide it.
Cooper Bennett five dollars one way, is 10 in 2, but if thee need an extra $10 taken out of each daily paycheck to use the bridge, some thing that should be an artery of city commerce and public transportation, by all means.
It's a beautiful bridge. I've traveled over the old & new many times. And i will always call it the Tappan Zee Bridge. What's old is newer, but the name stays forever!
It's good to see we can still make incredible things. I wasn't even aware of this project. It seems incredibly difficult to build bridges and skyscrapers. My compliments to all 7000 workers who did a great job.
lcagee Check out the blancolirio RU-vid channel and follow the repair project on the Oroville Dam in California. He's a pilot who lives in the area and has a great way of finding information out from the engineers and making it understandable. Keiwit Construction is doing the job, the biggest concrete construction project going on right now in the entire country. It's great stuff!!
I remember going over the old Tappan Zee Bridge on my last trip to New York City as a teenager. The view was breathtaking as it passes over that wide expanse of the Hudson River. The width on that part of it is as wide as either of the two largest finger lakes - Seneca or Cayuga Lake. Here in New York State we have some of the most beautiful scenery in the U.S., at least in my humble opinion.
I drive on the Tap communting to school and to the palisades mall for years...pretty cool to see the progression of the new bridge and cannot wait to drive on it!
Because companies cant getaway with low balling a bid then overcharging once they get the contract. Basically they cant get away with ripping off the taxpayer, it's their own money.
Maybe the son, Governor Andrew Cuomo (now in his third term, usually named after himself, by the way), wished to commemorate his father, Gov. Mario Cuomo, who passed in 2015 and was Governor of New York while his mother First Lady Matilda Cuomo was still living. Julie Ann Racino, ASPA, 2019
@EpiDemic117 The naming rights should be leased out to companies so that we can lessen the tax burden on the citizens. We would also avoid situations like this where bridges are named for politicians who swindled their way into office. This is New York State's Imperial bridge named after our ruling family, the Cuomos. Really gross stuff that could be avoided with a solution which would help pay for a significant portion of the bridge.
chris Vinci most corrupt bridge in America! Rockefeller’s has it built on the widest part of the Hudson to use as much steel as possible and the idiot cuomo family proudly puts their name on the new one
Chris Benoit's Daycare How so Chris? Is that because usage is at an all time level? Then tax the automotive users entering the city to raise repair/enhancement revenue for the subway system.
@Rodney Morgan Brown Be careful what ask for that is supposed to be in the works but it can lead you to a $40 one way fare. No fare or toll stays the same in NY. The did one decrease on MTA in 2001 found corruption then raised it again about 1-2 later. Bunch of B.S.!!! Off the backs of the working-poor...
I was just watching 'The Men Who Built America' on PBS over the 4th of July weekend. Governor Andrew Cuomo's name should be added to that list. Nrw Yorker's should be very proud!
Say what you like about Cuomo. I personally think he's a real piece of work and do not agree with his political views. This bridge would not have been completed without him, which alleviates thousands of traffic hours and time wasted trying to cross the archaic Tappan Zee Bridge. Even if the overall lifetime costs of this bridge double, it will have been more than worth it in commerce that it supports throughout it's lifetime. Infrastructure is generally always money well spent. It baffles me that it took them this long to even start this stupid bridge. Thank you Cuomo!
This bridge is a weekend project for the Chinese.they have built briges over seas and laid elevated bullet train tracks over thousands of km in last 5 years....
Adam West But you need to think further into it... this is one state of 50 not including territories that is completely funding this with mostly private companies. If the US Government was funding this and supplying workers, im sure it'd go faster
Some of the oldest bridges on the planet are in China. They may cheap out on some things, but bridges are not one of them. They have been building bridges before Jesus was even thought of, I think they know what they are doing.
it will always (at least for a generation) be the Tappen Zee Bridge. (I think it would have been classier to have retained the lovely, historic, original name>)
I drove past the construction of the new Bridge 2x a week for 6 months while I was commuting from PA to Andover, MA for consulting work. Sitting in traffic on Friday afternoons watching them lift these massive spans was a sight I would never forget, but as I sat on the old, swaying and shaking TappanZee, holding my breath in hopes that I could make it to the Otherside so that someday I could drive on the new bridge. I finished my working gig in Andover, Mass in Sept of 2015, then I set up email alerts on the progress for the new bridge opening and I made it a point to make sure I could drive across it on day one. So I got up that morning and made my way to NY, 2 hours from my home, and stayed overnight at a local hotel just so I could be ready to cross the new span. The night before I crossed using the original span and then the next new day I was using the new bridge. it was amazing, beautiful to look at and a memory I will have for life. As a native of Bridgeport, CT with family still in the area of Bridgeport I utilize this bridge on every visit to see my family and even in 2020 I look in awe at this bridge and smile knowing America can still build great things. If you have never driven across the old Tappan Zee bridge you never knew the fear you would have wondering if this was the day it was going to break apart and collapse into the Hudson, it was exciting and scary at the same time and known by the NY locals as the Hold Your Breath bridge. The best part of my history of using the old Tappan Zee is having a shirt I bought in 2018 once both spans of the new bridge were finally opened was this shirt that says I drove on and survived the original Tappan Zee bridge.
The new bridge is awful. It has none of the unique charm the old one had. And why the tall fencing on both sides of the bridge? It ruins the magnificent view. They also seemed to flatten out the roadway. Part of the charm of the old bridge was the extreme difference in elevation from one end to the other. They of course did away with that, too, taking all the quirks and unique features of the old Tappan Zee and putting a huge boring lump of concrete in its place
If you say live in Nyack, and work in Tarrytown; then for most months you can bike across as they have a pedestrian bridge now. Maybe too cold in the winter.
The republicans don't really care about American Infrastructure. They would rather see America look like a dump while they happily spend $1 Trillion every year on The Military
I was scratching my head over the holiday because it cost about $5 more the driving to the city then it did in 2017. Well this explains why. It was nice driving from upstate to the city for less than $3 by avoiding the George Washington bridge. With that being said, it was a safer drive this time around though
If it is your favorite city, then why are you implying that you don't live there? Oh it's because that same guy, makes it impossible for foreigners to live in New York... The price you pay for beauty. Just thought you should know that new York is not all glitz and glamour
There are plenty of other positive stories about building projects in the United States. The problem is that nobody wants to report on successful projects. New York and Los Angeles media companies don't bother with the fly over and corner States. Seattle has more construction cranes in operation than any other city in North America. Stuff is happening, and has been for many years. Get out of the glass bubbles you media people live in and you might actually see folks working hard to make this country a better place.
@@fuckheinschitt239 Oh go stuff it pal. The real threats to a free country are the traitors who tried to overthrow the legitimately elected congress of the United States. Take your right wing talking points and shove them where the sun doesn’t shine.
yea because they will rape people on tolls....Louisville has a similar new bridge, but now they are trying to make all bridges toll because people avoid it. $6 if yo`re not registered, $3 if you are....That`s 30 bux a week if you work across the river...bs
Excellent! Mario Cuomo bridge and Javitz Centre are two of NY states TOP infrastructures. Andrew is a raw visionary and history will show it - I can't wait on history. A lot of people talk a lot of game but Andrew walks the talk #cuomowillbridgethegap #cuomoisourbridge Cuomo is bridge is a model for big building in America
Long Island with 8 million people and all exits at one end -You need to complete Orient Point Watch Hill bridge with air train connecting LIRR w/Connecticut
finance.yahoo.com/news/where-trump-is-right-on-china--it-s-dumping-steel-193103355.html 90% of Chinese steel companies are heavily subsidized or outright owned by the Chinese government. Purchase of steel from those companies is illegal. And name calling just demeans you.
I'm sorry, but I prefer the original bridge over the new one. If the old bridge had problems, why couldn't they temporarily close off the bridge and make repairs to the infrastructure? The new one is, in my opinion, similar to the new World Trade Center in New York City. And, speaking of which, I prefer the original World Trade Center (before 9/11/2001). I'm very sentimental, nostalgic, and emotional. Old Tappan Zee Bridge > New Tappan Zee Bridge Old World Trade Center > New World Trade Center Where's a time machine when I need one? I would definitely take it back to the past again. Back when the Twin Towers were still standing in NYC and back when the Tappan Zee Bridge was still in operation.
That's not true, i've been to Europe many times and while most European countries have better public transportation (which makes sense there because people don't want cars due to gas being so expensive and small roads) the roads/bridges and whatnot are far superior in the USA.
Looks great. We need more mega projects like a Lake Michigan bridge connecting Wisconsin and Michigan or Illinois and Michigan. We could use subways and trains extending out into the suburbs as well.
Have you ever seen Lake Michigan? Do you have ANY idea what the bridge you are talking about would be like? You are talking about a bridge almost 90 miles long across some very deep and treacherous water.
Public Private Partnership PPP is the worst scam of corrupt politicians. The public of NY State will learn the consequences in time, a $4 billion bridge that will eventually cost them $10 billion not including maintenance costs.
Michael King the ultimate goal of a private company in these deals is to suck as much money from the state as possible. The bridge is not only more costly but has taken longer to complete ---all at the expense of the public. This news report is utter trash and why people don't trust the media to tell them the truth.
Katherina Sainte yea because it's a government bridge with no cost controls. If it were a private bridge and privately built, it would've been fixed ages ago at a fraction of the cost
When I visit Asia, I realize how outdated American infrastructure is, and how far behind them we are. Of course now China has become the largest economy in the world, and a lot of the Asian countries are doing well, including Indonesia.
You moved cuz you can't afford it... Be real. Or your big company got "relocated" cuz they couldn't afford it. People like yourself that brag that left are only bragging because you have maybe a few extra thousand a year in your pocket.... Would you like a few more pennies uncle scrooge? If you were actually intelligent, you would just be able to make more money... Instead you are stuck. Can't leave, can't make more, you know what we call them? Slaves
Leaving aside the digs at the corrupt governments there are practical reasons. The Hudson River is pretty wide at that point, it is subject to tidal currents, plus there is a lot of traffic on the river. In addition the bridge has to carry a lot of vehicular traffic... that's what it's for after all. They might have been able to build a cheaper bridge, but not that much cheaper, and certainly not for 1/10 the cost.
Lol Verrazano been paid off multiple times over and the toll is 18$, great another toll to pay. Try getting out of the tri-state area without paying a single toll, it’s impossible😭
This bridge is the only way to cross from most of New York State to the New York City side of the Hudson River without going through New Jersey, if I remember correctly.
