Building of the G.W. Bridge

Building of the G.W. Bridge
AP Photo/Seth Wenig

It is surprising that citizens of New York and New Jersey put up so long with the lack of a bridge over the Hudson, but the river for centuries seemed an impassable moat. There were sometimes waits in Manhattan and in New Jersey of five or six hours for a ferry, and ice occasionally precluded any kind of passage over the river in winter. Foodstuffs spoiled. There were coal famines in New York City. The George Washington Bridge changed all that.

In 1925, both New Jersey and New York passed legislation authorizing a Hudson River bridge. But it was not until 1926 that each state came through with its promised $5 million loan to the Authority and bonds were issued for $50 million more, for a total budget of $60 million.

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