I hope NYC has done their research... Cable stayed bridges like this have a nasty habit of allowing snow and ice to freeze on those cables. The melt results in literal "ice bombs" onto the traffic below, with some rather disastrous consequences.
Vancouver has been dealing with this for a little while now, and NYC gets a heck of a lot more snow...
Vancouver has been dealing with this for a little while now, and NYC gets a heck of a lot more snow...
http://globalnews.ca/news/3108176/windshields-shattered-afte...