Opinion ID: 1547708
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Heading: George Washington Bridge.

Text: In 1925 the Authority was authorized by the two states to construct, operate, maintain and own a bridge across the Hudson between Manhattan and Fort Lee, each state appropriating $150,000 for preliminary studies and providing for the repayment as in the case of the Arthur Kill bridges. Construction of this bridge was approved by the War Department in 1926 and it was opened to traffic on October 25, 1931. The Authority also constructed the system of approaches to both termini of the bridge. The termini are maintained by the City of New York and the State of New Jersey respectively and are open to local traffic as well as to bridge traffic without charge. The cost of the bridge was financed by the sale of bonds of the Authority in the amount of $50,000,000, a grant by the Public Works Administration of the Federal Works Agency in amount of $1,490,455, and advances by the two states of $9,800,000, provisions being made, as in the case of the Arthur Kill Bridges, for the repayment of the advances by the states. N.J.S.A. 32:1-71 et seq.; Laws N.Y.1925, c. 211.