 
 <translate> Construction started in March 1952 and the bridge opened to traffic on December 15, 1955, along with a 27-mile (43 km) long section of the New York State Thruway from Suffern to Yonkers. New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman signed a bill on February 28, 1956, to officially name the structure the Tappan Zee Bridge. In 1994, the name of Malcolm Wilson was added to the bridge's name upon the 20th anniversary of his leaving the governor's office in December 1974, though it is almost never used when the bridge is spoken about colloquially.

When was the original tappan zee bridge built? OK. Let's think. My stream of consciousness: <hau> Ginin ya fara ne a watan Maris na shekarar 1952 kuma an bude gada ga zirga-zirga a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1955, tare da wani yanki mai tsawon kilomita 27 (43 km) na New York State Thruway daga Suffern zuwa Yonkers. Gwamnan Jihar New York W. Averell Harriman ya rattaba hannu kan doka a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 1956, don a hukumance ya kira ginin da Tappan Zee Bridge. A cikin 1994, an ƙara sunan Malcolm Wilson zuwa sunan gadar a ranar 20 ga ranar da ya bar ofishin gwamnan a watan Disamba na 1974, kodayake kusan ba a taɓa amfani da shi ba lokacin da ake magana game da gadar a cikin magana.  Yaushe aka gina gadar Tappan Zee ta asali? Ya yi kyau. Bari mu yi tunani. Ra'ayina na sani: 