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5 September 2009

Cryptome Video

George Washington Bridge Blast Shields, 4 September 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7zsrcUgdKM

4 September 2009

The double-deck George Washington Bridge spans the Hudson River between West 180th Street, New York, NY and Fort Lee, NJ. Constructed 1927-31. US Interstate Highway 95 crosses the bridge and it is the eastern terminus of US Interstate Highway 80.

Bing Maps:

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=40.851418~-73.952022&
style=h&lvl=16&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

Photos by Cryptome, 4 September 2009.

Thanks to A for pointing to these excerpts.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-140830687.html

George Washington Bridge being fortified against potential terror attacks.

Daily News (New York, NY) | January 13, 2006 |

Byline: Pete Donohue

Jan. 13--The George Washington Bridge is being bulked up to protect the span -- the world's busiest -- from a potential terrorist blast. Workers are encasing the sections of the suspension bridge's cables with cylindrical shields, high above the Hudson River. The work began in the fall and is set to go into the spring, sources said. The shields, which resemble columns and are painted gray to blend in with the rest of the structure, are the first such bulwarks to appear on a New York-area bridge.

The George Washington Bridge: Poetry in Steel

By Michael Aaron Rockland

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