--- title: See Photos of the George Washington Bridge Getting Built description: The bridge was dedicated on Oct. 24, 1931 canonical: https://time.com/4048998/photos-george-washington-bridge-construction/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-23T11:00:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:58.046Z article:section: History og:title: See Photos of the George Washington Bridge Getting Built og:description: The bridge was dedicated on Oct. 24, 1931 og:url: https://time.com/4048998/photos-george-washington-bridge-construction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb181a5180ac987bf/69886552f887dc6020e928d8/150924-george-washington-bridge-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: New New York Bridge og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Photos of the George Washington Bridge Getting Built twitter:description: The bridge was dedicated on Oct. 24, 1931 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb181a5180ac987bf/69886552f887dc6020e928d8/150924-george-washington-bridge-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Photos of the George Washington Bridge Getting Built—And an Early Traffic Jam > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Oct 23, 2015 11:00 AM UTC  Full-length image of a worker pausing near the top of the George Washington Bridge during its construction, New York City. Circa 1930. Full-length image of a worker pausing near the top of the George Washington Bridge during its construction, New York City. Circa 1930. Hulton Archive—Getty Images  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Oct 23, 2015 11:00 AM UTC When the George Washington Bridge was dedicated on Oct. 24, 1931–84 years ago this weekend–the 3,500 ft. span connecting Manhattan and New Jersey was the longest bridge of its kind in the world. Even more incredible, it was built under budget and ahead of schedule (the bridge took almost exactly four years to complete). So it was only fitting that New York and New Jersey pulled out all the stops for the dedication ceremony, as TIME reported: --- > “” --- The very next day, as the photos above show, the traffic began. But the George Washington Bridge did far more than frustrate drivers. On the other side of the country in San Francisco, officials had long been considering their own towering cable bridge. The GWB made it seem possible, TIME reported. The Golden Gate Bridge opened about six years later. **_Read the full story from 1931, here in the TIME Vault:_** [Biggest Bridge](http://time.com/vault/issue/1931-11-02/page/28/)  Governors A. Harry Moore of New Jersey and Al Smith of New York pointing to their respective shores as they "break ground" for the new $60,000,000 dollar bridge. Sept. 22, 1927. John Tresilian/New York Daily News Archive—Getty Images  The main cable of the George Washington Bridge is being laid as construction of the suspension bridge connecting New York and New Jersey continues on Oct. 23, 1929. AP Photo  New Jersey and New York connected together by first cable of the new Hudson River Bridge at 178th Street in New York City. Photo shows a general view of the crowd on the Hudson River Day Line steamer Peter Stuyvesant watching the raising of the cable of the new Hudson River Bridge. One of the large piers of the bridge may be seen in the background to where the cable was hoisted from the river bottom. Bettman—Corbis  Main towers and cables of the George Washington Bridge under construction that linked New York to New Jersey when it opened, the longest suspension bridge in the world. 1929. Time Life Pictures/Mansell—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Full-length image of a worker pausing near the top of the George Washington Bridge during its construction, New York City. Circa 1930. Hulton Archive—Getty Images  George Washington Bridge. Dec. 21, 1930. Harry Warnecke/NY Daily News Archive—Getty Images  A view of the structure from the New York end, showing the underground approach as well as the one on the surface and the exit. That's New Jersey over in the distance. Oct. 19, 1931. Bettman—Corbis  Police officers march beneath American flags during the opening ceremonies for the George Washington Bridge in New York City on Oct. 24, 1931. Bettman—Corbis  Nattily attired gents prepare to take the first car (a Packard) across the George Washington Bridge on the day it opened, October 24, 1931. Leonard Detrick/NY Daily News Archive—Getty Images  The New George Washington Memorial Bridge, a modern miracle, connecting New York with New Jersey, was opened, Oct. 24, 1931, with elaborate ceremonies in which Governor Roosevelt of New York, Governor Larson of New Jersey and Secretary of the Navy Adams participated. Here, official cars cross the huge span for the dedication ceremonies. Bettman—Corbis  Manhattan-bound traffic clogs the George Washington Bridge at the New Jersey approach on Oct. 25, 1931. The Port Authority of New York—Getty Images  View of the George Washington Bridge from Washington Heights in Manhattan across to Fort Lee in New Jersey, 1932. 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