Ponte George Washington

Ponte George Washington
	ponte colgante, puente de carretera (es) , ponte de peaxe y multi-level bridge (en)
Llocalización
País	Estaos Xuníos
Estaos	Nueva York
Ciudá	Nueva York
Borough	Manhattan
Coordenaes	40°51′06″N 73°57′10″W / 40.85167°N 73.95267°O
	Ponte George Washington Ponte George Washington (los EE.XX.)
Historia y usu
Construcción	ochobre 1927 - 24 ochobre 1931
Orixe del nome	George Washington
Arquiteutura
Arquiteutu/a	Othmar Ammann; Cass Gilbert
Diseñador	Othmar Ammann
Inxenieru d'estructures	Othmar Ammann
Materiales	aceru
Altor	184 m
Anchor	36 m
Llargor	1450 m
Crucia	Ríu Hudson
Tresporta	Interestatal 95 (es)
Númberu d'arcos	1
Arcu más llargu	1067 m

El puente George Washington (inglés: George Washington Bridge ), conocíu informalmente como'l GW Bridge,^[1] el GWB,^[2] el GW,^[3] o'l George^[4] ye una ponte colgante que s'estiende sobre'l ríu Hudson pa coneutar Washington Heights col borough de Manhattan na ciudá de Nueva York y Fort Llei en Nueva Jersey per mediu de la Interestatal 95, la US 1/US 9/US 46, que s'atopen dafechu en Nueva Jersey y terminen a la metá de la ponte na frontera estatal.

El GWB ye consideráu unu de les pontes más transitaes del mundu en términos de tráficu vehicular.^[5] En 2007, la ponte soportó'l tránsitu de 107.912.000 vehículos, según l'Autoridá Portuaria de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey, l'axencia gubernamental biestatal que ye propietaria y opera delles pontes, túneles y aeropuertos del área.^[6]

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Les pontes colgantes más llargos del mundu

Referencies

↑ Rose, Lacey. "Inside The Booth", Forbes, 2 de marzu de 2006. Consultáu'l 15 de xineru de 2008. "Like the PATH trains, which also connect New York to New Jersey, the G.W. Bridge is run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a public agency that employees 7,000 workers and has annual revenues of $2.9 billion."
↑ Toolen, Tom. "Bridges keep photographer in suspense", The Record (Bergen County), 27 de setiembre de 1995. Consultáu'l 15 de xineru de 2008. "Frieder calls the GWB 'the most beautiful suspension bridge in the world...'"
↑ Jones, Charisse. "Upkeep costs rise as USA's bridges age", USA Today, 20 d'ochobre de 2006. Consultáu'l 15 de xineru de 2008. "The George Washington Bridge — locals call it 'the GW' — is one of a collection of dazzling spans that link New York's five boroughs or the city and New Jersey."
↑ Barron, James. "PUBLIC LIVES; Bridge Photographer With a Taste for Trivia", The New York Times, 22 de xunetu de 1998. Consultáu'l 15 de xineru de 2008. "Mr. Frieder takes it for granted that anyone who has ever heard a radiu traffic report will know that the G.W.B., a k a the George, is the George Washington Bridge."
↑ George Washington Bridge turns 75 years old: Huge flag, cake part of celebration, Times Herald-Record, 24 d'ochobre de 2006. "The party, however, will be small in comparison to the one that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey organized for 5,000 people to open the bridge to traffic in 1931. And it won't even be on what is now the world's busiest bridge for fear of snarling traffic."
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Enllaces esternos

Wikimedia Commons tien conteníu multimedia tocante a Ponte George Washington.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey George Washington Bridge Official Site
NYCRoads.com: George Washington Bridge
George Washington Bridge Webcam
Fort Lee Online
Library of Congress "Local Legacies"
Official site of Transportation Alternatives, New York

Predecesor:
Ponte Ambassador
(Detroit−Windsor)

Ponte col vanu más llargu del mundu
1931-1937

Socesor:
Ponte Golden Gate
(Badea de San Francisco, USA)

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[1] Rose, Lacey. "Inside The Booth", Forbes, 2 de marzu de 2006. Consultáu'l 15 de xineru de 2008. "Like the PATH trains, which also connect New York to New Jersey, the G.W. Bridge is run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a public agency that employees 7,000 workers and has annual revenues of $2.9 billion."

[2] Toolen, Tom. "Bridges keep photographer in suspense", The Record (Bergen County), 27 de setiembre de 1995. Consultáu'l 15 de xineru de 2008. "Frieder calls the GWB 'the most beautiful suspension bridge in the world...'"

[3] Jones, Charisse. "Upkeep costs rise as USA's bridges age", USA Today, 20 d'ochobre de 2006. Consultáu'l 15 de xineru de 2008. "The George Washington Bridge — locals call it 'the GW' — is one of a collection of dazzling spans that link New York's five boroughs or the city and New Jersey."

[4] Barron, James. "PUBLIC LIVES; Bridge Photographer With a Taste for Trivia", The New York Times, 22 de xunetu de 1998. Consultáu'l 15 de xineru de 2008. "Mr. Frieder takes it for granted that anyone who has ever heard a radiu traffic report will know that the G.W.B., a k a the George, is the George Washington Bridge."

[5] George Washington Bridge turns 75 years old: Huge flag, cake part of celebration, Times Herald-Record, 24 d'ochobre de 2006. "The party, however, will be small in comparison to the one that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey organized for 5,000 people to open the bridge to traffic in 1931. And it won't even be on what is now the world's busiest bridge for fear of snarling traffic."

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