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The bridge has an upper level with four lanes in each direction and a lower level with three lanes in each direction, for a total of 14 lanes of travel. The speed limit on the bridge is 45 mph (70 km/h), though congestion often slows traffic, especially during the morning and evening rush hours. A path on each side of the bridge's upper level carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic. As of 2007, the George Washington Bridge has the greatest vehicular capacity of any bridge in the world, carrying approximately 106 million vehicles per year, making it the world's busiest motor vehicle
"The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson is the most beautiful bridge in the world. Made of cables and steel pylons, shines in the sky like a reversed arch. He is blessed. Only place where grace resides in a disordered city. It is painted an aluminum color and, between water and sky, is not seen nothing but the bent cord supported by two steel towers. When your car goes up the ramp the two towers rise so high that it makes you happy, and their structure is so pure, so resolute, so regular that here, finally, steel architecture seems to laugh. The car reaches an unexpectedly large space, the second tower is very far away; innumerable vertical cables, gleaming against the sky, are suspended from this masterfulfirst curve moves downward and then upward. The towers of New York, rose colored, seemlike a harsh view, mitigated by distance. » "The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson is the most beautiful bridge in the world.Made of cables and steel pylons, shines in the sky like a reversed arch. He is blessed. Only place where grace resides in a disordered city. It is painted an aluminum color and,between water and sky, is not seen nothing but the bent cord supported by two steel towers.When your car goes up the ramp the two towers rise so high that it makes you happy, and their structure is so pure, so resolute, so regular that here, finally, steel architecture seems to laugh. The car reaches an unexpectedly large space, the second tower is very far away;innumerable vertical cables, gleaming against the sky, are suspended from this masterfulfirst curve moves downward and then upward. The towers of New York, rose colored, seemlike a harsh view, mitigated by distance. »
