George Washington Bridge

The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey, with the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New... Wikipedia

• Carries:  14 lanes (8 upper deck, 6 lower deck) of, Upper deck sidewalk (south side): pedestrians and cyclists
• Crosses:  Hudson River
• Locale:  Fort Lee, New Jersey, New York City (Washington Heights, Manhattan), New York, United States
• Other name(s):  GWB, GW, GW Bridge, The George, G-Dub
• Named for:  U.S. President George Washington
• Maintained by:  Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Design:  Double-decked suspension bridge
• Material:  Steel
• Total length:  4,760 ft (1,450.85 m)
• Width:  119 ft (36.27 m)
• Height:  604 ft (184.1 m)
• Longest span:  3,500 ft (1,066.8 m)
• Clearance above:  14 ft (4.27 m) (upper level), 13.5 ft (4.11 m) (lower level)
• Clearance below:  212 ft (64.62 m) at mid-span
• Designer:  Othmar Ammann (chief engineer), Edward W. Stearns (assistant chief engineer), Allston Dana (design engineer), Cass Gilbert (architect), Montgomery Case (construction engineer)
• Construction begin:  September 21, 1927 (bridge construction/upper level), June 02, 1959 (lower level)
• Daily traffic:  289,827 (2016)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo