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Originally Posted by TimT
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I believe the approaches could be reused, but what is the remaining service life of the existing structure?, Out of the two main piers.. one may be sound.. I doubt you could get anyone to sign off on the acceptability of the pier the was impacted....I don't know how footings/foundations/piers are constructed in that area... How much of the impact was transmitted to the piles, or footing..
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Good points, I hadn't thought about the one that was hit. Scrapping the entire thing and building all new will take years. The Tappan Zee took 5 or 6 years I think.