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Tappan Zee Bridge
The
Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge
, usually referred to as the
Tappan Zee Bridge
, is a
cantilever bridge
in the
U.S. state
of
New York
, crossing the
Hudson River
at one of its widest points; the
Tappan Zee
is named for an
American Indian
tribe from the area called "
Tappan
"; and
zee
being the
Dutch
word for "sea". As an integral conduit within the
New York Metropolitan Area
, it connects
South Nyack
in
Rockland County
with
Tarrytown
in
Westchester County
in the
Lower Hudson Valley
.
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