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The George Washington Bridge Plaza, also known as GWB Plaza or Bridge Plaza, is the convergence of
roads
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and
highways
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around the
George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee, New Jersey, with Manhattan in New York City. The bridge is named after George Washington, the first president of the United S ...
toll plaza in
Fort Lee,
New Jersey
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,
United States
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. The plaza is located north of and parallel to Fort Lee's Main Street. The surrounding busy area is characterized by a mix of commercial and residential uses and an architectural variety that includes parking lots,
strip malls
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, houses,
gas stations
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Gaso ...
,
mid-rise
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Definition
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office buildings and
high-rise condominiums. Just to the east is
Fort Lee Historic Park
Fort Lee Historic Park is located atop a bluff of the Hudson Palisades overlooking Burdett's Landing, known as Mount Constitution, in Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States. Native Americans appear to have lived in the area for thousands of years ...
,
Palisades Interstate Park
The Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) was formed in 1900 by Governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster Voorhees of New Jersey in response to the quarrying operations along the Palisades Cliffs of New Jersey. The Palisades, a Na ...
and the bridge's western tower.
Roadways
The series of streets overlooks the lower vehicular
cut
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Common uses
* The act of cutting, the separation of an object into two through acutely-directed force
** A type of wound
** Cut (archaeology), a hole dug in the past
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through the
Hudson Palisades
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where several major roads converge for the
toll plaza
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s for the
Hudson River
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crossing. The four streets that bridge the cut are, from west to east, Fletcher Avenue (
U.S. Route 9W
U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the states of New Jersey and New York. It begins in Fort Lee, New Jersey, as Fletcher Avenue crosses the US 1–9, US 46, and the Interstate 95 (I-95) approache ...
), Linwood Avenue, Center Avenue, and Lemoine Avenue (
New Jersey Route 67). Through the cut runs
Interstate 95 which also carries the designations of
U.S. Route 1/9 and
U.S. Route 46
U.S. Route 46 (US 46) is an east–west U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey, running for , making it the shortest signed, non-spur U.S. Highway. The west end is at an interchange with Interstate 80 in New Jersey, Intersta ...
. The legal terminus of the
New Jersey Turnpike is at the Fletcher Avenue overpass.
The cut and I-95 are flanked by service roads. On the southern end, Bruce Reynolds Boulevard (also known as Bridge Plaza South) carries eastbound traffic from Fletcher Avenue and I-95's exit 73 off-ramp to Center Avenue and two-way traffic from there east to Hudson Terrace. It also provides access to and from both the northbound upper and lower level roadways of I-95 via exit 74. The northern service road, Bridge Plaza North, carries two-way traffic from Central Road to Center Avenue and westbound traffic from there west to Fletcher Avenue and a westbound on-ramp to
New Jersey Route 4.
Northbound I-95 can access Bruce Reynolds Boulevard via exit 73 by way of Route 4 or the lower level roadway or exit 73 from the upper and lower level roadways. Southbound I-95 can access Bridge Plaza North via exit 73 on the upper and lower level roadways.
The expressway roads and their local street entrances/exits at Bridge Plaza under the jurisdiction of the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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, which also manages the bridge itself.
New Jersey Route 4, Bergen Boulevard (
U.S. Route 46
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), and the
Palisades Interstate Parkway
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are roads that originate in the immediate vicinity of Bridge Plaza.
Transit hub
Bridge Plaza is a busy transit hub served by several bus lines, though there is no centralized bus station or stop. Routes operated by
NJ Transit
New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit, and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates bu ...
primarily connect
Bergen
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,
Hudson, and
Passaic
Passaic ( or ) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a total population of 70,537, ranking as the 16th largest municipality in New Jersey and an increase of 656 from the 69,7 ...
counties with Manhattan, while
Rockland Coaches
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connect Bergen and
Rockland counties with Manhattan.
mostly terminating at the
George Washington Bridge Bus Station
The George Washington Bridge Bus Station is a commuter bus terminal located at the east end of the George Washington Bridge in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan in New York City. The bus station is owned and operated by the Port Authori ...
or
Port Authority Bus Terminal
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.
Spanish Transportation
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is one of many companies providing
dollar van
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service at Bridge Plaza, primarily serving
Paterson via
New Jersey Route 4 and the
Newport Mall
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via
Bergenline and Anderson Avenues.
Columbia Transportation
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serves Fort Lee with the Fort Lee Shuttle service for students and employees, which runs from Parker Plaza (Lewis St) to
Columbia University Medical Center
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in Manhattan. The Lamont Shuttle to/from
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Lamont or LaMont may refer to:
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has some trips that stop at Parker Plaza.
NJ Transit
* :
Englewood Cliffs
Englewood Cliffs is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, whose population at the 2010 United States census was 5,281.[Port Authority Bus Terminal
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via
Sylvan Avenue and
Bergenline Avenue
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or
River Road
* :
Fort Lee to Port Authority Bus Terminal via River Road and Port Imperial Boulevard
* : Fort Lee to Port Authority Bus Terminal via
Bergenline Avenue
Bergenline Avenue is a major commercial district in the North Hudson section of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The north–south streets passes through Union City, West New York, Guttenberg, North Bergen. Its southern end is at Uni ...
* :
Paterson Broadway Bus Terminal
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It is located on Broadway between Memorial Drive and West Broadway in Downtown Paterson, putting it near Passaic County C ...
to GWB Bus Station via
Route 4
* :
Ridgewood to GWB Bus Station via Route 4
* :
Hackensack Bus Terminal
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The bus station was built in the 1970s and was extensively renovated in 2007 ...
to GWB Bus Station
* :
Bergenline Avenue Station to GWB Bus Station via
Palisade and
Bergenline Avenue
Bergenline Avenue is a major commercial district in the North Hudson section of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The north–south streets passes through Union City, West New York, Guttenberg, North Bergen. Its southern end is at Uni ...
s
* : Hackensack Bus Terminal to GWB Bus Station
* :
Dumont to GWB Bus Station via
Lemoine and Sylvan Avenues
* :
West New York
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to GWB Bus Station via
Kennedy Boulevard
* :
Bergen Community College to Englewood Cliffs via Lemoine & Sylvan Avenues and Route 4
Rockland Coaches
* 9, 9A, 9T, 9AT:
GWB Bus Station to
New City or
Stony Point via
U.S. Route 9W
U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the states of New Jersey and New York. It begins in Fort Lee, New Jersey, as Fletcher Avenue crosses the US 1–9, US 46, and the Interstate 95 (I-95) approache ...
and
NyackRockland Coaches 9/9A schedule
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See also
* List of tallest buildings in Fort Lee
*Fort Lee lane closure scandal
The Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal or Bridgegate, was a political scandal involving a staff member and political appointees of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie colluding to cr ...
*George Washington Bridge Bus Station
The George Washington Bridge Bus Station is a commuter bus terminal located at the east end of the George Washington Bridge in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan in New York City. The bus station is owned and operated by the Port Authori ...
(at the eastern terminus of the bridge in Manhattan)
*New Jersey Route 495
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, a similar highway built through a cut to access the Lincoln Tunnel
The Lincoln Tunnel is an approximately tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey, to the west with Midtown Manhattan in New York City to the east. It carries New Jersey Route 495 on the New Jersey side and unsigned Ne ...
References
External links
Wikimapia GWB Upper-Level and Lower-Level Toll Plazas
an enlarged view of road jurisdiction at the Fort Lee approaches to the George Washington Bridge
Unofficial New Jersey bus map
NJ Transit route finder
NJT Bus Routes in Bergen County
NJT Bus Routes in Hudson County
NJT Bus Routes in Passaic County
{{NYC surface transit
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Transportation buildings and structures in Bergen County, New Jersey
Bus transportation in New Jersey
NJ Transit Bus Operations
Transit hubs serving New Jersey
Streets in Bergen County, New Jersey
Neighborhoods in Fort Lee, New Jersey