George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
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The George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal is a commuter bus terminal located at the east end of the George Washington Bridge in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The station is built over the Trans-Manhattan Expressway (Interstate 95) between 178th and 179th Streets and Fort Washington and Wadsworth Avenues and features direct bus ramps on and off the upper level of the bridge. The complex includes the 175th Street station of the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at Fort Washington Avenue and 175th Street.
[edit] Bus Service
The terminal is served by numerous commuter buses to New Jersey and beyond, and several local buses.
- Commuter bus platforms are located on an upper level. Service is provided by New Jersey Transit, Coach USA (Rockland Coaches) and several other bus operators. As of 2005, there is also long distance bus service to Florida, operated by Greyhound.
- Local buses stop at a lower level and on the streets outside the station. Local service includes:
The first floor of the bus terminal has shops and a waiting area. There is also an New York City Off-Track Betting Parlor also located on the first floor.
The bus station is owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. On a typical weekday, about 15,000 passengers on some 730 buses use the bus station. The building was the first work built in the United States by the Italian engineer-architect Pier Luigi Nervi and opened on January 17, 1963. The subway station, operated by the New York City Transit Authority, was part of the original A line which opened in 1932.
[edit] Accessibility
The terminal is wheelchair accessible. In addition, the M4 bus provides wheelchair accessible service to Fort Tryon Park, continuing inside the park to the Cloisters Museum when open.
