Fred Schaeffer, father of the very successful Walkway over the Hudson(Poughkeepsie) will be the guest speaker at the organizational meeting to be held on Wednesday, November 16th at 8 PM at Greenburgh Town Hall to plan a lobbying effort to turn the old Tappan Zee bridge into a suburban high line when the new bridge is built. Mr. Schaeffer spent many years advocating for the walkway. Many people said it was not practical, could not work. But—Mr. Schaeffer persisted. And, today the Walkway over the Hudson is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Hudson Valley. The walkway over the hudson has been very helpful to local businesses and to the economy.David Wilson of the Bike Walk Alliance of Westchester/Putnam will also speak. We expect to ask state officials to hire an independent structural engineer to review the feasibility of this proposal. White Plains Councilwoman Milagros Lecuona is co-chairing the task force. She has created a new website: www.tappanbridgepark.com. Councilwoman Lecuona has 30 years of experience in architecture and urban planning. It makes no sense to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to demolish the old TZ bridge when the bridge could be enjoyed by millions. I envision bicycle/pedestrian/skateboarding, possible gardens, sculptures, summer entertainment on the suburban high line. If you are interested in joining the committee – please e mail me at pfeiner@greenburghny.com. The meeting will be held in the cafeteria of the Town Hall since another meeting is being held in the auditorium. My cell phone is 914 438 1343.
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The Tappan Zee Bridge is much longer and connects the two shores of the river. While it does provide fabulous views up and down the river, as well as an interesting perspective of the shorelines, it does not share the vitality of activity adjacent to its span the way that the High Line does. It is also relatively steep. Driving over the bridge in a car obscures the fact that walking or biking over the bridge is quite an exercise. That is something that can be done now, but is daunting enough to keep the numbers of people interested in doing so very light. Since the current plan for the new bridge seems to be having trouble embracing the mandate that light rail be included in its construction, an alternative could be to consider the reuse of the old bridge for rail only. Since the structural steel seems in reasonable condition and the road bed structure the primary problem, using the bridge for trains should be investigated, with the road bed removed.
Please let us know what you would consider a "gentle slope". Is it ADA accessible???
That’s a huge investment in transportation infrastructure that we believe may still have substantial life if it comes time to dismantle the Gov. Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge to build a second new cross-Hudson span." Like the High Line and The Walkway, finding public funding is difficult, but the option is attracting private funds, which both projects have successfully done. The rewards in both cases were huge.
Granted, this is only in the center span area but, again, this needs to be fully considered. http://www.tzbsite.com/tzb-library/pdf-library/pdf-RVR-200808/RVR%20Appendix%20C/RVR%20Appendix%20C%2004.pdf
Definitely not a deal breaker but this would have to be dealt with in a totally different manner. I am also not sure how this would all pan out visually. Two bridges designed to be next to each other is one thing, two new ones next to an old one that look nothing alike may start to look very cluttered.