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Police investigate the destroyed van that plunged over the Bronx River Parkway on Sunday April 29, 2012, and into the Bronx Zoo.
Transportation officials announced Wednesday that concrete barriers will be installed on Bronx River Parkway viaducts to prevent a replay of the tragic crash that killed seven people on Sunday.
The 2-foot, 8-inch concrete slabs will be placed on the righthand side of the travel lanes to block a vehicle from continuing on toward the existing fence and vaulting off the elevated roadway.
The barriers will be the same as the concrete median that separates northbound and southbound traffic lanes on the parkway.
Work began Wednesday morning.
The barriers will go up on the viaduct over the Bronx Zoo and two others that cross over East Tremont Ave. and the Amtrak tracks.
State Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald said her agency shares community concerns about the safety of the Bronx River Parkway.
After seven members of one family were wiped out when their SUV went airborne, the Daily News reported there have been several other terrible accidents on the same stretch of road.
Assemblyman Marcos Crespo (D-Bronx) said the safety improvements are part of paying our respects to the victims of the most recent crash.
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