TZ Bridge deck panels to be reused

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TZ Bridge deck panels to be reused

"The 61-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge, scheduled for demolition this summer, is going to live on in Orange County.

In a new twist on reuse-reduce-recycle, the county has asked the New York State Thruway Authority for 14 of the 150 prefabricated deck panels that will be salvaged from the bridge before it is dismantled.

“We have one bridge – the Corwin Bridge - already in design to accept the panels,″ said Chris Viebrock, the county’s public works commissioner.

The bridge, which carries County Route 11 (Mount Hope Road) over the Shawangunk Kill in the Town of Mount Hope, is getting an estimated $690,000 makeover. The panels will shorten the construction timetable and shave the cost.

Viebrock, praising the Thruway for making the panels available, said he is also evaluating the feasibility of using them on three other bridges as well as two crossings on the new extension of the Heritage Trail between Goshen and Middletown."

May 20, 2017 Morning

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Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Next Saturday is 15 Hours of Daylight. Partly cloudy and 52 degrees in Albany. There is a north breeze at 7 mph.

Going to have some nice weather for the Lupine Festival. Stop by, it will be fun to see you. 

Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 71 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. North wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies and a high of 75 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1962.

The sun will set at 8:16 pm with dusk around 8:49 pm, which is 59 seconds later than yesterday. At sunset, look for clear conditions and 63 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 49 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 50 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 45 degrees at 5am. Four degrees below normal. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2016, it got down to 45 degrees with rain and patches of fog and cloudy skies. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1949.

As previously noted, next Saturday is 15 Hours of Daylight when the sun will be setting at 8:22 pm with dusk at 8:56 pm. On that day in 2016, we had thunderstorm, rain, mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 87 and 71 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 73 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1914.