Smooth sailing as of 6:30 this morning
NYACK – All seven lanes on the Tappan Zee Bridge are open following a crane collapse that shut down the entire structure last Tuesday. One lane was damaged to the point that it was closed off once the bridge was reopened.
Crews worked around the clock to make that last lane viable for traffic again.
The crane was being used to hold a pneumatic hammer that was hammer piles into the Hudson River from its perch on the new bridge under construction adjacent to the existing one. The cause of the boom collapse remains under investigation.
After the noon-time crane failure, the bridge was closed to all traffic until early evening.
Only a couple of people sustained minor injuries. Officials said at the time it was a miracle that no one was seriously hurt when the crane boom crashed across all seven lanes of the bridge.
