Othmar Hermann Ammann was a Swiss-American civil engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. He also directed the planning and construction of the Lincoln Tunnel.
Othmar Ammann
Bust in George Washington Bridge bus station
The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey, with the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is named after Founding Father George Washington, the first president of the United States. The George Washington Bridge is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge, carrying a traffic volume of over 104 million vehicles in 2019, and is the world's only suspension bridge with 14 vehicular lanes.
The bridge as seen from Fort Lee, New Jersey in October 2008
Typical heavy Manhattan-bound traffic on the upper deck of the George Washington Bridge
The George Washington Bridge's flag, the world's largest, is hung on special occasions
George Washington Bridge looking east from Fort Lee, New Jersey