George Washington Bridge

The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the , connecting in , with the neighborhood of , New York City.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in New York City
  • Also known as: “Geo Washington Bridge”, “GW Bridge”, and “GWB”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Little Red Lighthouse and Bennett Park.

Lighthouse
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The , officially Jeffrey's Hook Light, is a small lighthouse located in Fort Washington Park along the in , , under the George Washington Bridge. is situated 1,800 feet east of George Washington Bridge.

Park
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, also known as James Gordon , is a 1.8-acre public park in , named for James Gordon Bennett, Sr., the newspaper publisher who launched the New York Herald in 1835.

Park
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is a 0.09-acre pocket park and surrounding streets in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of , , . Named after the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, the park is roughly… is situated 3,200 feet east of George Washington Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Lee and Washington Heights.

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is a city in . This town is comprised of a large residential community that includes natives, transplants from New York, and immigrants, especially from .

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of in . It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the central-west section of , . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, to the south, and the to the west. is situated 1½ miles southeast of George Washington Bridge.

George Washington Bridge

Latitude
40.85184° or 40° 51′ 7″ north
Longitude
-73.95322° or 73° 57′ 12″ west
Open location code
87G8V22W+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 392759062
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
5118418
Wiki­data ID
Q125821
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“George Washington Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر جورج واشنطن”
  • Armenian: “Ջորջ Վաշինգտոնի կամուրջ”
  • Asturian: “Ponte George Washington”
  • Asturian: “Puente George Washington”
  • Azerbaijani: “Corc Vaşinqton körpüsü”
  • Azerbaijani: “Corc Vaşinqton Körpüsü”
  • Basque: “George Washington zubia”
  • Belarusian: “мост Джорджа Вашынгтона”
  • Bengali: “জর্জ ওয়াশিংটন সেতু”
  • Bulgarian: “Джордж Вашингтон”
  • Catalan: “pont de George Washington”
  • Catalan: “Pont de George Washington”
  • Chinese: “佐治華盛頓大橋”
  • Chinese: “喬治·華盛頓大橋”
  • Chinese: “喬治華盛頓大橋”
  • Czech: “Most George Washingtona”
  • Danish: “George Washington-broen”
  • Dutch: “George Washington Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى جورج واشنطن”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى جورج واشينطون”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto George Washington”
  • Estonian: “George Washingtoni sild”
  • Finnish: “George Washington Bridge”
  • French: “pont George-Washington”
  • French: “Pont George-Washington”
  • Georgian: “ჯორჯ ვაშინგტონის ხიდი”
  • German: “George Washington Bridge”
  • German: “George-Washington-Brücke”
  • German: “GW Bridge”
  • German: “GW”
  • German: “GWB”
  • Hebrew: “גשר ג’ורג‘ וושינגטון”
  • Hebrew: “גשר ג’ורג’ וושינגטון”
  • Hungarian: “George Washington híd”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan George Washington”
  • Irish: “Droichead George Washington”
  • Italian: “ponte George Washington”
  • Italian: “Ponte George Washington”
  • Japanese: “ジョージ・ワシントン・ブリッジ”
  • Korean: “조지 워싱턴 교”
  • Korean: “조지 워싱턴 다리”
  • Latvian: “Džordža Vašingtona tilts”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “George Washington-broen”
  • Norwegian: “George Washington-broen”
  • Persian: “پل جرج واشینگتن”
  • Persian: “پل جورج واشنگتن”
  • Polish: “George Washington Bridge”
  • Polish: “Most Waszyngtona”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte George Washington”
  • Romanian: “Podul George Washington”
  • Russian: “Мост Джорджа Вашингтона”
  • Serbian: “Most Džordža Vašingtona”
  • Slovak: “George Washington Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “George Washington Bridge”
  • Spanish: “puente George Washington”
  • Spanish: “Puente George Washington”
  • Swedish: “George Washington Bridge”
  • Tagalog: “Tulay ng George Washington”
  • Tamil: “ஜார்ஜ் வாஷிங்டன் பாலம்”
  • Thai: “สะพานจอร์จ วอชิงตัน”
  • Turkish: “George Washington Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Джорджа Вашингтона”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu George Washington”
  • Western Panjabi: “جارج واشنگٹن پل”
  • Wu Chinese: “乔治·华盛顿大桥”
  • Yue Chinese: “佐治華盛頓大橋”
  • “George Washington Bridge”

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