Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject

by Philip Mark Plotch

Book Overview

The State of New York is now building one of the world's longest, widest, and most expensive bridges--the new Tappan Zee Bridge--stretching more than three miles across the Hudson River, approximately thirteen miles north of New York City. In Politics Across the Hudson , urban planner Philip Plotch offers a behind-the-scenes look at three decades of contentious planning and politics centered around this bridge, recently renamed for Governor Mario...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813572495
• ISBN13: 9780813572499
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher