Tappan Zee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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An effort in the Legislature would erase the Cuomo family name from the former Tappan Zee Bridge, which carries Interstate 287 over a broad stretch of the Hudson River.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2021
"With the governor’s office to soon have a new occupant, there has never been a better time to restore the name of the Tappan Zee Bridge than right now," he told the outlet.
From Fox News • Aug. 13, 2021
“He said, ‘But they told you that you couldn’t build a new bridge at the Tappan Zee, didn’t they?’
From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019
But that span never opened as planned on Saturday as engineers cited a ‘potentially dangerous situation’ involving the old and adjacent Tappan Zee Bridge, which is being taken apart.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 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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