George Washington Bridge

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double-decked bridge suspension bridge toll bridge

The George Washington Bridge is a major double-decked suspension bridge connecting Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey and serving as a key transportation link in the northeastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf double-decked bridge ⓘ
suspension bridge ⓘ
toll bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GWB ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
architect Cass Gilbert ⓘ
carries Interstate 95 ⓘ
U.S. Route 1/9 ⓘ
U.S. Route 46 ⓘ
bicycle traffic ⓘ
pedestrian traffic ⓘ
clearanceBelow 61 m ⓘ
connects Fort Lee, New Jersey ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York City ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1927 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Hudson River ⓘ
crossesBetween Upper Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Washington Heights, Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey
designer Othmar Ammann ⓘ
hasFeature lower level for motor vehicles ⓘ
sidewalks for pedestrians and cyclists ⓘ
upper level for motor vehicles ⓘ
hasToll yes ⓘ
length 1450 m ⓘ
location Fort Lee, New Jersey ⓘ
Hudson County, New Jersey ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York County ⓘ
surface form: New York County, New York
lowerDeckLanes 6 ⓘ
lowerDeckOpened 1962 ⓘ
mainSpanLength 1067 m ⓘ
maintainedBy Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
namedAfter George Washington ⓘ
numberOfDecks 2 ⓘ
numberOfLanes 14 ⓘ
opened 1931-10-25 ⓘ
owner Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
partOf Interstate Highway System ⓘ
Interstate 95 ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) corridor
regionServed Northeastern United States ⓘ
tollDirection eastbound ⓘ
totalLength 1450 m ⓘ
traffic one of the busiest bridges in the world ⓘ
upperDeckLanes 8 ⓘ
upperDeckOpened 1931-10-25 ⓘ
width 36 m ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Lee, New Jersey → connectedBy → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Henry Hudson Parkway → connectsTo → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
U.S. Route 1/9 → connectsTo → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Gateway Region of New Jersey → contains → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Hudson River → crossedBy → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Washington Heights → crossedBy → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Othmar Ammann → designed → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
GWB → fullName → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Harlem River Drive → hasAccess → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Manhattan → hasBridgeConnection → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
subject surface form: Palisades Interstate Parkway
American Bridge Company → hasNotableProject → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Inwood Hill Park → hasViewOf → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
George → namedAfter → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
subject surface form: George Washington
Othmar Ammann → notableWork → George Washington Bridge ⓘ
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey → operates → George Washington Bridge ⓘ