George Washington Bridge
| George Washington Bridge | |
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The bridge, looking east from Fort Lee toward Upper Manhattan.
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| Coordinates | 40°51′06″N 73°57′09″W / 40.851589°N 73.952483°W |
| Carries | 14 lanes (8 upper deck, 6 lower deck) of    I‑95 (entire span) / US 1-9 (entire span) / US 46 (NJ side)Upper deck sidewalk (south side): pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Hudson River |
| Locale | Connecting Fort Lee, New Jersey and Washington Heights, Manhattan in New York City, United States |
| Other name(s) | The GWB, The GW, The GW Bridge, & The George |
| Maintained by | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Double-decked suspension bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 4,760 ft (1,450 m) |
| Width | 119 ft (36 m) |
| Height | 604 ft (184 m) |
| Longest span | 3,500 ft (1,067 m) |
| Clearance above | 14 ft (4.3 m) (upper level), 13.5 ft (4.1 m) (lower level) |
| Clearance below | 212 ft (65 m) at mid-span |
| History | |
| Designer | Othmar Ammann, Cass Gilbert |
| Construction begin | October 1927 |
| Opened | October 24, 1931 (upper level) August 29, 1962 (lower level) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 312,377 (2014) |
| Toll | eastbound only: cars ($15.00 for cash, $12.50 peak with E-ZPass, $10.50 off-peak with E-ZPass; $6.50 when carpooling with 3 people or more with NY and NJ E-ZPass only) |
 
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The George Washington Bridge – known informally as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George – is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River between the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey. As of 2015[update], it carried over 106 million vehicles per year, making it the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. It is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a bi-state government agency that operates several bridges, tunnels and airports, as well as marine seaports, and the PATH rapid transit system.
The bridge, an integral conduit within the New York metropolitan area, has an upper level that carries four lanes in each direction and a lower level with three lanes in each direction, for a total of 14 lanes of travel. The speed limit on the bridge is 45 mph (72 km/h), though congestion frequently slows traffic on both weekdays and weekends. The bridge's upper level also carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Interstate 95 (I-95) and U.S. Route 1/9 (US 1/9) cross the river via the bridge. US 46, which lies entirely within New Jersey, terminates halfway across the bridge at the state border with New York. At its eastern terminus in New York City, the bridge connects with the Trans-Manhattan Expressway (part of I-95, connecting to the Cross Bronx Expressway).
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