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George Washington Bridge.
George Washington Bridge is a highway that crosses the Hudson River that sepperates New York and New Jersey. It is a very popular route for people who come into New York from the lower east coast states. They started construction on the bridge in October 1927. There was hevy ferry traffic across the Hudson and hevy traffic on the other bridges that go into New York. The bridge was built during the Great Depression. The original plan for the bridge was to have the towers made out of concrete encased in granite, like the tower bridge, but due to the high cost it was built with steel. When they finished building the bridge in 1931 the people of Jersey were very e xcited. The bridge has a lower and upper deck. The lower deck has six lanes and the upper deck has 8 lanes. A path on each side of the bridge's upper level carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic. As of 2007, the George Washington Bridge has the greatest vehicular capacity of any bridge in the world, carrying approximately 106 million vehicles per year, making it the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. George Washington bridge is a suspension bridge. It took the workers four years to build. It is very pretty at night due to the lights that run along the wires and supports.

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The lower deck.

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