New York Chooses Builder for $3.1 Billion Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement

Transportation Nation ^ | 12/17/2012 | Kate Hinds

[alancarp]

The plan for accommodating mass transit was not pictured in the article. Here it is:

[MeganC]

Let’s see...

$3.1 billion + 2% for cost over runs + another 3% for unexpected costs = $24 billion.

That’ll be about right for an honest state like New York.

[OpusatFR]

So, will it made pre-fab in China and shipped to NYC for installation?

[Soul of the South]

“If this bridge ever gets built, I bet the cost will be more like 10-15 billion dollars.’

The 4.1 mile Sunshine Skyway bridge spanning Tampa Bay cost $244 million to build between 1982 and 1987. In today’s dollars $244 million would be $494.4 million.

The new Tappan Zee bridge will be 3.1 miles long and have an estimated cost of $3.1 billion.

$3.1 billion versus $494 million in today’s dollars for a mile longer bridge in Florida. Seems like a significant premium.

[ken5050]

The mass transit folks are gonna scream bloody murder. And from a purely cost/benefit viewpoint, it makes sense to lay the tracks NOW, while the bride is being built. If they decide to add them in, say, 10 years..it will cost a minimum 20x more, plus the construction delays for years will destroy traffic.

Don't know if you know the area, but Tarrytown is gonna be a mess traffic wise.

Some 15 years ago the state spent millions to raise the bridges over the Metro North Hudson line tracks, so that then GM assembly plant in Tarrytown would be able to ship out their cars by rail. No sooner was all the work done than GM closed the plant.

[xkaydet65]

Given the stance of the Dems in NY state, Cuomo is more Rockefeller and Pataki than a modern marxist Dem. My cousin is a state assemblyman from the East End ( A Rep reelected with 67% of the vote this year) and he has a very good relationship with Cuomo. Cuomo sought out my cuz and the other 2010 newly elected Republicans for input when he took office, even though the repubs are a very minority group in the state assembly. While he wouldn’t vote for Cuomo my cousin has a respect for him that he does not possess for most NY Dems, [articularly Tim Bishop.

[hinckley buzzard]

That's because paychecks will need to be cut for thousands of ironworkers' and other thugs' Social Security numbers which will be entered into the computers. The thugs themselves of course will never be seen within miles of the site.

It's the New York Way.

[hinckley buzzard]

That's because paychecks will need to be cut for thousands of ironworkers' and other thugs' Social Security numbers which will be entered into the computers. The thugs themselves of course will never be seen within miles of the site.

It's the New York Way.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!