Fotos on the Fly: The Tappan Zee Bridge on a Cloudy Night…

Hi Sara - It would be a great bridge for Chimps. But that bridge has always been a part of my psyche.  I know its time for it to be replaced, if it isn't, I fear something terrible could happen.  It really isn't anything near to code right now and its three miles long.  Scary. 

Hi Karen Anne - Its in very rough shape. They keep trying to shore it up, but if it isn't replaced soon the results could be tragic. Its three miles long and bumper to bumper during the morning and evening rush hour.  It was dismal here in NY - very cloudy.  It was as if there was no moon at all!

Hi Karen Anne - We crossed our comments.  I was writing while you were putting in your second comment.  Anyway,  I'd love to see pics of the perigee moon.  So if you get the chance, send me the link.  Yes, the bridge is really in trouble.   The battles over how it will be replaced have been raging for years.  Some want the bridge to become a walking/bicycle path...but Phil points out - correctly- that it is very windy and probably quite dangerouse for pedestrians.   The river produces a great breeze...One of the reasons I love the River Towns  so much is that there is always a refreshing breeze...However, right ON the bridge refreshing turns to frigid and dangerous pretty quickly.  Also - its a three mile bridge. Going across and back is six miles.....Its 1.5 miles to the center - with a lot of wind. 

The new bridge has also been a real battle...Where it will be placed.  It is poised to have an impact on homes along the river front - though no one is losing their home.  So there are issues. Also- we really need some mass transit connecting Rockland and Westchester.  One reason the bridge is so challenged is that the people of Rockland and Orange counties and even beyond use the bridge to gain access to NYC. Either driving to Manhattan or taking the train from Westchester once they cross. Its an enormous bottleneck that extends commuting times by almost an hour each way - every day for people on the other side. For people on the Westchester side - the bridge means a ton of traffic.  But budget constraints have casued the powers that be to kill the mass transit portion.  

Hi Debbie, 

I've got a couple more....I may post one more that is a bit more cropped. I felt like such an idiot with all my equipment chasing the bloody moon - literally.  Since it was supposed to rise in the east and a rising moon is especially vivid - I had planned to start in Mamaroneck - which I did. NOTHING. Got some interesting stormy pics of Harbor Island Park and the boats...but that wasn't what I had in mind.  Then I was planning to go West to the Hudson during the height of it.  It was a plan because I thought the moon and water would work well together and Westchester certainly has water to work with.  I'm glad I didn't cancel the trip west - I wasn't wild about the sky that I had to work with, but the water is rarely so calm so that you have such a nice reflection of the lights from the bridge.  Sometimes you see it when the water is near freezing on the river, but not so much in warmer weather. 

Hi Carolyn, 

Did you take that? That's incredible.. If you did, can I have the jpg? If Karen Anne returns with her link - I could make a post about people who DID see the perigee moon and captured it!

Westchester County Medicial Center...methinks.....That should be OK family fare...