George Washington Bridge
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Traffic forecast for Nov. 26, 2009...cram every major road and crossing. But the postdinner rush starts at 8 p.m. The worst trip home will be westbound through the Bronx to the George Washington Bridge. Use the Cross-Westchester Expressway (Interstate 287) to the Tappan Zee... In this article: Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Herald Square, George Washington Bridge, and Tappan Zee Bridge |
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 2 days ago
Wow, talk about Nets zero
Posted: Nov. 23, 2009 8:55 p.m. In the shadow of the George Washington Bridge, near an off-ramp of the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Nets are on the toll road to NBA history. In their sights is the league's worst record ever and,...
In this article: New Jersey Nets, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Rafer Alston, Mikhail Prokhorov, NBA, LeBron James, Brooklyn, and Courtney Lee
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
Norman Chad: For New Jersey Nets, -less is more: winless, hapless, hopeless
In the shadow of the George Washington Bridge, near an off-ramp of the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Nets are on the toll road to NBA history. In their sights is the league's worst record ever and, with a little less effort, they...
In this article: New Jersey Nets, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Mikhail Prokhorov, Rafer Alston, NBA, LeBron James, Norman Chad, Brooklyn, and Courtney Lee
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The Bergen Record | 6 days ago
Search continues for man who jumped from GWB
Police on Thursday night continued to search for the body of a man who jumped from the George Washington Bridge after he sped away from a traffic stop on the Palisades Interstate Parkway earlier in the day, police said. Officers saw the...
In this article: Pontiac Grand Prix and Fort Lee
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New York Daily News | 6 days ago
Suspect fleeing NJ police jumps off George Washington Bridge to death
NewsCrimeSuspect fleeing NJ police jumps off George Washington Bridge to death Suspect fleeing NJ police jumps off George Washington Bridge to death Thursday, November 19th 2009, 6:13 PM A man being chased by New Jersey cops, pulled...
In this article: New Jersey, Pontiac Grand Prix, Fort Lee, and Hudson River
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Man jumped from GWB after police chase
A man jumped from the George Washington Bridge this morning after a police pursuit, authorities said. The driver of a red Pontiac stopped in the eastbound lanes of the bridge's upper level, got out of the car and jumped about 9 a.m.,...
In this article: New York
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Public can hear four developers' Centuria plans
FORT LEE - The four developers vying to redevelop a 15.7-acre vacant parcel near the George Washington Bridge will present their plans in separate public forums during the first two weeks of December. The open meetings will be at the Fort...
In this article: Fort Lee, Respondent, and E-mail
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New York Times | November 12, 2009
Two-Wheeled Rambles, Even When Frost Is on the Pumpkin
...editor for RoadBike magazine, lives in New York, and he said the key to motorcycling there is getting out of the city. He likes to cross the George Washington Bridge and head north on the Palisades Parkway. Bear Mountain is an easy...
In this article: New York, United States, Pennsylvania, and Bear Mountain
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N.J. commercial foreclosures rise by 35 percent
...354 income-producing properties. Among the recently foreclosed-upon: a vacant seven-story office building at the foot of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. "The real surprise is they're not rising more dramatically," said Gary...
In this article: New Jersey, Fort Lee, Owners, Balance sheet, Recession, and Cushman & Wakefield
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Gothamist | November 09, 2009
Man Survives Jump Off George Washington Bridge
Last Friday, a man jumped off the George Washington Bridge-and survived and managed to swim to the NJ side, where he was taken to a hospital. According to the NY Post, "Adrian Rawn, 28, took the plunge without so much as a pause after...
In this article: Concussion, University of Maryland, NY Post, Fort Lee, Northampton, Mass, and New Jersey
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New Jersey On-Line | November 08, 2009
Man is recovering from 200-foot jump off George Washington Bridge
HACKENSACK -- A 28-year-old man is recovering in a New Jersey hospital after jumping from the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River, according to a report in the New York Post. The man survived the 200-foot leap into the chilly...
In this article: New York Post, Hudson River, Hackensack University Medical Center, and New Jersey
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Description from Wikipedia:
For other bridges of the same name, see Washington Bridge (disambiguation). For the American politician see George Washington Bridges. For the Marvel comics character see G. W. Bridge.
The George Washington Bridge (known informally as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George) is a suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey by means of Interstate 95, U.S. Route 1/9, U.S. Route 46, which is entirely in New Jersey, ends halfway across the bridge at the state border. The GWB is considered one of the world's busiest bridges in terms of vehicle traffic. The bridge carried 107,912,000 vehicles in 2007, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey — the bi-state government agency that owns and operates several area bridges, tunnels, and airports.
It is the primary way for people in Manhattan, New York to get to Fort Lee, New Jersey. It contains two levels — an upper level with four lanes in each direction and a lower level with three lanes in each direction, for a total of 14 lanes of travel. Additionally, the bridge houses a path on each side of the bridge's upper level for pedestrian traffic. The speed limit on the bridge is 45 mph (70 km/h), though congestion often slows traffic, especially during the morning and evening rush hours. As of 2007, the George Washington Bridge has the greatest capacity of any bridge in the world with more than 107,000,000 vehicles crossing its fourteen lanes in 2005."
- Name:
- George Washington Bridge
- Also Known As:
- The GWB, The GW, & The George
- Open:
- October 24, 1931 (upper level)
- Crosses:
- Hudson River
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