Bridge location: New York-New Jersey

Bridge spans: Hudson River

Construction Commenced: 1925

Construction Completed: October 25, 1931

Chief Engineer: O.H. Amann

Assistant Chief Engineer: Edward W. Stearns

Engineer of Construction: Montgomery B. Case

Architect: Cass Gilbert

Consulting Engineers: William H. Burr

Leon S. Mosseiff

Daniel E. Moran

Lewis B. Stillwell

Gustav Lindenthal

Bridge Constructor:

Wire Rope manufacturer : John A. Roebling Sons, Co.

Bridge Type: Suspension

Dedication Date:

Length of main span: 3,500 feet

Length of side spans:

Total length: 8,200 feet

Overall width: 120 feet

Total weight of bridge:

Bridge opened to vehicles: October 26, 1931

Bridge opened to passengers: October 25, 1931

Estimated cost of construction:

Actual cost of construction: $31,000,000.

Cost of land: $24,000,000

Actual total coast: $60,000,000.

Still extant?: Yes

Heigth of towers: 635 feet

Length between anchorages: 4,760 feet

Heigth of bridge at center of span:

Height of roadway above river: 250 feet

Masonry: New York Tower: 165,000 cubic yards

Masonry: New Jersey Tower: 37,500 cubic yards

Size of anchorage at base:

Size of anchorage at top:

Weight of each anchor plate :

Number of supporting cables: 4

Diameter of each cable: 36 inches

Length of each single wire in cables:

Diameter of each single wire in cables: 0.0196 inches

A cable contains 61 strands, containing 434 wires, at a total of 26,474 wires in each cable.

Ultimate strength of cable: 350,000 tons

Weight of cables: 28,450 tons

Annual Vehicle capacity: 30,000,000

Tolls at time of opening: Pleasure vehicles- $.50

Buses- $1.00

Pedestrians- $.10

Trucks- Sliding Scale

Bicycles- $.25

First to cross span from New York:

Fred Ammerman, 14 years old, 133 Elliot Place, Bronx

Leonard Moiseyeff, 11 years old, 134 Elliot Place, Bronx

First to cross span from New Jersey:

Mr. And Mrs. Perrone Lapodi, Hudson Street, Fort Lee- pushing a perambulator with their infant son