Unfortunately, from the time of its opening until the Redevelopment Program, the GWBBS suffered from a certain degree of benign neglect that is not unusual for this type of transportation facility. The GWBBS was recognized by Concrete Industry Board at its completion. The facility’s architectural expression is a tour de force that incorporates concrete trusses and a unique butterfly-like roofscape above the West Building. Two ‘bus-bridges’ above Broadway connect the two structures to permit the bus operation.

he facility was conceived as two structures located along Broadway, the West Building that houses bus operations and transit retail, and the East Building that provides bus circulation from inbound busses to their gates and public parking on its rooftop, as well as passive ventilation for the TME below. Its juxtaposition, spanning over the TME is an innovative solution that provides buses traveling over the bridge direct access to the GWBBS, thereby preventing congestion along city streets. Pier Luigi Nervi, the noted Italian engineer-architect of the 1960 Olympic Stadium in Rome and other world-renowned structures, the GWBBS opened in 1963 in conjunction with the lower level of the bridge and the Trans-Manhattan Expressway (TME). The station is located at the east end of the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan. The George Washington Bridge Bus Station (GWBBS) is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the Authority).

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