$14M Project Over Thruway In Tarrytown To Start

TARRYTOWN, NY — A massive project involving the Thruway, the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and Route 9 in Tarrytown will begin in Westchester County.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday the start of a $13.9 million multimodal project along South Broadway Route 9 in the village of Tarrytown.

The multifaceted project will extend the Cuomo Bridge side path to Lyndhurst Mansion and includes the construction of a 270-foot-long pedestrian bridge over the Thruway I-87/I-287 to improve access and enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

Hochul said that expanding pedestrian and cycling access along the Hudson River is essential to connecting communities for recreation and commuting.

“This partnership between the Thruway Authority and the Department of Transportation will provide fantastic new services to residents of Tarrytown and the visitors of the Hudson Valley,” she said, “creating safer, more connected communities.”

The two-year project, of which the DOT is a funding partner, will also:

• Widen the ramps at Thruway Interchange 9 leading to and from South Broadway
• Add a second left turn lane from South Broadway to the southbound Thruway entrance ramp
• Install a traffic signal on South Broadway at Paulding Avenue to make it safer for motorists to turn
• Repair and resurface South Broadway from Route 119 to just south of Gracemere Lane
• Relocate a village water main onto the South Broadway bridge

Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner said he was thrilled that the Thruway Authority is planning improvements along South Broadway, which is Route 9, in the village of Tarrytown.

“I’m an avid cyclist,” he said. “All efforts to improve bicycling and pedestrian access to the bridge is welcome.”

Officials said the new 270-foot-long pedestrian bridge is the highest-profile component of the project.

At 14 feet wide, the span will be built in 11 segments by LMC Industrial Contractors Inc. of Avon, Livingston County, and connected on-site. Modular construction allows for much of the work to take place offsite in a controlled environment, reducing the amount of activity near and above roadways and limiting impacts to motorists and residents.

The bridge is expected to be erected later this year and will be located on the west side — or Hudson River side — of South Broadway.

When completed, the Cuomo Bridge’s side path will extend about 1 mile south from the path’s Westchester Landing at 333 South Broadway in Tarrytown to Lyndhurst Mansion, where pedestrians and cyclists will be able to seamlessly connect with the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail.

The side path currently ends at a high-volume jug handle where South Broadway meets Route 119.

More than 500,000 people have visited the bridge’s 3.6-mile path since it opened in June 2020.

Tree clearing and grubbing will begin this week before excavation within the South Broadway bridge work zone and will be followed by construction of new concrete bridge abutments on either side of the Thruway.

The majority of the construction will take place during the day. Some work that will require Thruway lane closures will happen at night for the safety of workers and to limit impacts to traffic. In addition, the exit 9 ramps will be reduced to one lane when needed for construction activities.

Gianfia Corporation of Hawthorne was awarded the contract following a competitive bidding process.