
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