Sunset Over the Tappan Zee Bridge

by John Telfer

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Sunset Over the Tappan Zee Bridge

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John Telfer

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Photograph - Photograph

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While on a visit on a gorgeous 50 degree day to Sleepy Hollow, New York I went down by the Hudson River as the sun was setting. I was not prepared for this remarkable winter sky sunset with all of its various colors and streaking clouds in the sky. I had arrived at just the right time as the sun was quickly setting behind the trees on the other side of the Hudson River and putting the Tappan Zee Bridge, one of the most famous bridges in New York, in a beautiful silhouette image. With the sun getting lower to the horizon it began to give off a fantastic reflection in the Hudson River. At the point I was standing the Hudson River is at its widest and I was able to capture the Tappan Zee Bridge covering the whole Hudson River. The sky at this point looked very dramatic with all of the colors merging together and the clouds beginning to give way to night. For more information on the Tappan Zee Bridge please feel free to read the information below;
The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge, usually referred to as the Tappan Zee Bridge, is a cantilever bridge in the U.S. state of New York, crossing the Hudson River at one of its widest points; the Tappan Zee is named for an American Indian tribe from the area called "Tappan"; and zee being the Dutch word for "sea".[4] As an integral conduit within the New York Metropolitan Area, it connects South Nyack in Rockland County with Tarrytown in Westchester County in the Lower Hudson Valley. Federal and state authorities are currently constructing a Tappan Zee replacement bridge that will cost at least $4 billion.
It is the longest bridge in the State of New York.[6] The total length of the bridge and approaches is 16,013 feet (4,881 m). The cantilever span is 1,212 feet (369 m) providing a maximum clearance of 138 feet (42 m) over the water. The bridge is about 25 miles (40 km) north of Midtown Manhattan, the skyline of which can be seen from the bridge on a clear day.
The bridge is part of the New York State Thruway mainline and carries the highway concurrency of Interstate 87 and Interstate 287. The span carries seven lanes of motor traffic. The center lane can be switched between eastbound and westbound traffic depending on the prevalent commuter direction; on weekdays, the center lane is eastbound in the morning and westbound in the evening. The switch is accomplished via a movable center barrier which is moved by a pair of barrier transfer machines. Even with the switchable lane, traffic is frequently very slow. The bridge is one of the primary crossings of the Hudson River north of New York City; it carries much of the traffic between southern New England and points west of the Hudson.
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