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Purple Heart Memorial Bridge
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Bear Mountain Bridge Now Has Its Own New Name
With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave another iconic bridge in the Hudson Valley a new official name. Cuomo signed into law legislation changing the name of the Bear Mountain Bridge to the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge. The state Legislature voted in favor of the new name in June, and the change became final Tuesday when it was signed by Cuomo. The bridge's new name is connected, in a way, to the new Tappan Zee Bridge's official name of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. In May 2017, the state Senate passed a bill to name the new Tappan Zee Bridge the "Purple Heart Memoria…