Instead, it said, the fractured bolts were “likely due to occasional material defect or occasional over-tightening” — far less serious issues. “To date, all bolt testing performed by multiple parties indicates there is not an issue with the bolts. “TZC has not been provided with, nor is it aware of, any information that is contrary to these bolt testing results,” the statement continued. The second span of the new bridge, which replaced the old Tappan Zee, had a ribbon-cutting with great fanfare in early September this year; Gov. But the bridge did not open as planned, as engineers worried that the old Tappan Zee Bridge had destabilized and threatened the new eastern span of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.

Source: New York Times December 14, 2018 22:16 UTC