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Show . A $60,000,000 60000000 $ , , BRIDGE . I another wonder vonde of the modem modern world woridjiasjbeen has been completed anddedicated anddedicated and andlowers dedicated to the use ot of man-the man the - new $60,000,000 60000000 $ , , George Wash- Wash WashIngton Washington - Ington Bridge , lmking linking New Jersey WIth New York City , which is isthe isthe the greatest suspenS'loI suspenSloI suspension ' } span ever erected , 3500 feet long . It is suspended from two giant towers 635 feet high , these thesetowers thesetowers of . steel . . . On , the N New . ew . . Jersey side the thecables thecables towers lowers requinng requiring requiring 40,000 40000 iuuuu , tons wiici ' - ' oi.i--i oi.ii oi.i oii i - ' - " v- v vcables " - - - - - ? - -cables cables - cables are anchored to the solid sohd rock ofrthe of 'the the rthe ' Palisades , on the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York side they are held in place by a block of masonry weighing weighing260,000 weighing260000 260,000 260000 , tons . There are four cables ' weighing 'weighing 28,500 28500 , tons each . During the first 24 hours after the bridge was opened to totraffic totraffic totraffic traffic more ithan than rthan 60,000 60000 , automobiles passed over it . It ' is 'IS estimat estimat- estimated estimated estimated - - ed that not less than 60,000,000 60000000 , , vehicles will cross the bridge itsfirst itsfirst its itsfirst first year of operation . This Th1s great and useful structure is a monument to the skill of ofits ofits ofits its designer , 0 O . H . Ammann , 52 , Swiss-bom Swiss bom Swiss-born born - chief bridge engineer engineerof of the New York Port Authority , who came to this country at atthe il'tI il'tage -the the il't ilt - thetge tli ' : I age tge of 25 and andjs is now now a naturalized American citizen , . j |