New Tappan Zee Bridge, Construction Update-5, May 1, 2018

Tappan Zee Constructors (TZC) are bringing the new bridge’s eastbound span closer to completion by the end of summer, with the installation of the project’s final eight steel girder assemblies. On April 17, 2018 Gov. Cuomo announced that the span of the old Tappan Zee Bridge will get a second life as a reef, it will be dumped into the waters 2 miles off Long Island in order to form a natural habitat for sea life.