Tappan Zee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Cuomo pushed through some of the very infrastructure projects he foretold in his talk with Mr. Caro, including replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge and overhauling La Guardia Airport.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
The Tappan Zee name comes from 17th Century Dutch colonists, named after a group of Native Americans who used to live in the area and the Dutch word for sea.
From Fox News ● Aug. 13, 2021
While the old armature rots, a new one rises alongside it, much as the new Tappan Zee Bridge, over the Hudson, gradually took shape next to the rusty old one it would one day replace.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2018
Cuomo held an opening ceremony for the structure, only to have to postpone the actual opening after engineers warned that pieces of the old Tappan Zee Bridge, now being dismantled, could fall onto motorists.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2018
Using binoculars, I watched a sailboat regatta down by the Tappan Zee Bridge and saw the slowly moving traffic on the bridge above.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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