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Going Out With A Bang: Explosives Will Take Down Old Tappan Zee Bridge Going Out With A Bang: Explosives Will Take Down Old Tappan Zee Bridge
Going Out With A Bang: Explosives Will Take Down Old Tappan Zee Bridge Parts of the old Tappan Zee Bridge will go out with a bang - literally - now that explosives have been approved to help bring down part of the structure. The Federal Highway Administration confirmed on Friday that after a reevaluation of the environmental impact statement related to the demolition of the east anchor span, the government has given the approval to use demolitions to sever steel elements in isolated locations during work in January, according to a spokesperson for the FHA. "This is in the interest of removing the bridge in the safest manner possible," the s…

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by Kathy Reakes