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6 unusual facts about George Washington Bridge


Bridget Anne Kelly

Kelly has been implicated in the four-day closures of entrance ramps to the George Washington Bridge in the late summer of 2013, in part of what has been described as politically motivated retribution against the Mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Byron Habinsky

After spending some of the pivotal years of his youth in the Bronx, Habinsky again relocated with his family to Fort Lee – a Northern New Jersey town located atop the Hudson Palisades, the borough is the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, located across the Hudson River from the Manhattan borough of New York City.

George Washington Bridge

On Sesame Street, Ernie often sang the words "George Washington Bridge" to the tune of Sobre las Olas ("The Loveliest Night of the Year").

In 1994, a caller into The Howard Stern Show was on the bridge threatening to commit suicide, but Stern managed to talk him out of it.

The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands

The ancient, high-tech city has been ravaged by decades of war, and one of the surviving fighters, Gasher, kidnaps Jake by taking advantage of the near-accident the team faced while crossing a decaying bridge that looks like the George Washington Bridge of NYC.

The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra

But as soon as they crossed the George Washington Bridge they collided with a taxi and bent one of the wheels of bassist Ronnie Boykins's father's car.


Mill Hill, Trenton, New Jersey

The Roebling steel works made the wire cables used to construct most of the major bridges built in the United States, including the Golden Gate Bridge and George Washington Bridge.


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