Tappan Zee Bridge

bridge, Hudson River, New York, United States

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The Tappan Zee Bridge, completed in 1956, is a bridge in New York that spans the Hudson River, specifically the section known as the Tappan Zee. It connects Nyack on the west bank to Tarrytown on the east bank. The bridge is located about 25 miles north of New York City. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, also in New York, is a different, longer suspension bridge that connects Brooklyn to Staten Island.12

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Rockland
7-km) Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson has linked Rockland and Westchester counties since the bridge’s completion in 1956, and in August 2017 the first span of its dramatic replacement—the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge—was opened.
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7-km) Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson has linked Rockland and Westchester counties since the bridge’s completion in 1956, and in August 2017 the first span of its dramatic replacement—the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge—was opened.
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Tarrytown
The opening of the Tappan Zee Bridge (1956) stimulated commercial growth, and in August 2017 the first span of its dramatic replacement—the two-span cable-stayed Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge—was opened. Marymount College, which was founded in 1907 as a Roman Catholic school for women and incorporated into Fordham University…
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The opening of the Tappan Zee Bridge (1956) stimulated commercial growth, and in August 2017 the first span of its dramatic replacement—the two-span cable-stayed Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge—was opened. Marymount College, which was founded in 1907 as a Roman Catholic school for women and incorporated into Fordham University…
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