The new bridge is being built next to the old bridge-drove through there last October and there's no impact on the current bridge. We always go over the Tappan Zee then plan our route from there depending on where we are headed. Have done the route Demoon indicated, but my husband had issues going through the tunnel. The lights are spaced in such a manner that it had a strobe effect and made him very dizzy and a little disoriented. Most people have no issue, but just as a head's up it's something to consider. Love OBX.