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George Washington Bridge
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Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over Hudson River on I-95 in New York
- Location
- New York City, New York County, New York, and Bergen County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to a total of 14 lanes of traffic
- History
- Opened to traffic October 25, 1931; lower level opened August 29, 1962
- Builders
- - Allston Dana (Engineer)
- Cass Gilbert of Zanesville, Ohio (Architect)
- Leon Moisseiff (Engineer)
- Othmar Ammann of Feuerthalen, Switzerland
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 3,280.7 ft.
Total length: 5,082.3 ft. (1.0 mi.)
Deck width: 87.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.85159, -73.95248 (decimal degrees)
40°51'06" N, 73°57'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/588295/4522810 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Central Park
- Inventory numbers
- NY 5522508 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26427 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 48.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 280,700
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Michael Minn
- HAER NY-129 - George Washington Bridge, Spanning Hudson River between Manhattan & Fort Lee, New York, New York County, NY
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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