. ▁Ann ual ▁maintenance ▁costs ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁ ▁of ▁roads ▁and ▁ 2 6   brid ges ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁$ 3 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁( equ ivalent ▁to ▁$ ▁in ▁). ▁Additionally , ▁one ▁bridge ▁along ▁NY   2 8 A ▁in ▁Tra ver ▁H ollow ▁was ▁tempor arily ▁closed ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁due ▁to ▁safety ▁concerns , ▁a ▁move ▁that ▁ultimately ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁law suit ▁between ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁O live ▁over ▁economic ▁hard ship ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁closure . ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Environment al ▁Prote ction ▁Administr ator ▁Robert ▁Low ▁requested ▁that ▁NY SD OT ▁assume ▁maintenance ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁up state ▁roads , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁the ▁state ▁could ▁maintain ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁more ▁efficient ▁and ▁effective ▁manner . ▁The ▁plan ▁was ▁never ▁implemented . ▁ ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁res er voir ' s ▁construction , ▁a ▁north – s outh ▁road ▁was ▁built ▁across ▁the ▁water ▁body , ▁linking ▁O live bridge ▁on ▁the ▁south ▁bank ▁to ▁Sh ok an ▁on ▁the ▁northern ▁side . ▁This ▁highway ▁was ▁closed ▁to ▁autom ot ive ▁traffic ▁by ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁following ▁the ▁September   1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁attacks , ▁cit ing ▁a ▁potential ▁security ▁vulner ability . ▁However , ▁the ▁route ▁was ▁re - open ed ▁for ▁traffic ▁that ▁year , ▁and ▁remained