September 1978 – George Washington Bridge New York City

Project Postcard September 1978 George Washington Bridge New York City front

Project Postcard September 1978 George Washington Bridge New York City back

The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City with the borough of Fort Lee in New Jersey. The George Washington Bridge is the world’s busiest motor vehicle bridge. It is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a bi-state government agency that operates infrastructure in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The George Washington Bridge is also informally known as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George, and was known as the Fort Lee Bridge or Hudson River Bridge during construction.

This postcard of September 1978 goes to Austria and was cancelled with “United Nations New York”. The stamp is an United Nations stamp.


Owner of this postcard: Matias Roskos