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State Senate pursues probe of Mario M. Cuomo Bridge project Review of documents follows March 7 Times Union story on broken bolts used to build twin span FacebookTwitterEmail 35 1of35Buy PhotoThe Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge carrying I-287 across the Hudson River is seen from Lyndhurst Mansion as an MTA Metro North train passes by on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of35Buy PhotoBolted plates join sections of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge together on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, over Piermont A...

Editorial: A bridge too dangerous? Times Union Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail Defective bolts used in construction of the Gov Mario M. Cuomo Bridge during its assembly at the Port of Coeymans are displayed on Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Colonie. Some of the bolts would snap under the first stage of torquing. Many were delivered to the job site with cracks already visible in the heads. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron, Staff Photographer / Albany Times Union It’s small comfort that New York state secured an extended warranty on portions of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge that ...

ALBANY — A high-strength bolt snapped at the threads as an ironworker, Jimmy Jordan, used a torque wrench to tighten it into a steel plate connecting two massive girders. A piece of the broken bolt bounced off an overhang and split his lip open as he looked up. It was January 2016, and Jordan was part of the team constructing the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement at the project’s main assembly site along the Hudson River in the Port of Coeymans, about 100 miles north of the bridge. Construction of the $3.9 billion twin span, which would ultimately be named after Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, had been ...