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| image         = 2018 George Washington Brdge Bus Station from West 178th Street and Broadway looking west.jpg
| image_caption = View of the station from the southeast, 2018
| address       = between Ft. Washington & Wadsworth Aves, and W. 178th & W. 179th Sts.<br />[[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]
| country       = United States
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| bus_operators =''See [[George Washington Bridge Bus Station#Bus service|Bus Service]] below''
| other         ={{rint|newyork|subway}} '''[[New York City Subway]]:'''<br />{{NYCS Eighth far north|time=bullets}} at [[175th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|175th Street]]<br />{{NYCS Broadway-Seventh north|time=bullets}} at [[181st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|181st Street]]
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| opened        = January 17, 1963
| architect     = [[Pier Luigi Nervi]]
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| rebuilt       = 2013–2017 renovations
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| owned         = [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]
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The '''George Washington Bridge Bus Station''' is a [[commuter]] [[Bus station|bus terminal]] at the east end of the [[George Washington Bridge]] in the [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. The bus station is owned and operated by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] (PANYNJ). On a typical weekday, approximately 20,000 passengers on about 1,000 buses use the station.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Life For GW Bridge Bus Station Overhaul |first=Veronica|last=Vanterpool|url=http://blog.tstc.org/2011/07/06/new-life-for-gw-bridge-bus-station-overhaul/ |work=Tri-State Transportation Campaign |date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref>

The building is an example of mid-century [[urban renewal]] and structural expressionism. Designed by the Italian architect-engineer [[Pier Luigi Nervi]], the new bus station was hailed as a robust tour-de-force of infrastructure ingenuity by leading critics of the day.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Banham |first=Reyner |title=Megastructures |publisher=Thames and Hudson, Ltd. |year=1976 |pages=30–33 |language=en}}</ref> While later noting the station's neglect from decades of deferred maintenance, the architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable heralded the design of the station as "a work of the first rank that demonstrates the art and science of reinforced concrete construction at its 20th-century highpoint, in the hands of one of its greatest masters."<ref name="huxtable">{{cite news |last=Huxtable |first=Ada Louise |date=June 15, 2004 |title=A Landmark Destination: The Bus Station |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB108724951874736763 |access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref>

The terminal was first proposed in 1955, following earlier attempts to construct a bus station at the George Washington Bridge's eastern end. The Port Authority hired Nervi to design the terminal in early 1960, and it opened on January 17, 1963. In its early years, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station was underused compared to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]]. A major renovation, including an expansion of retail space from {{convert|30000|to|120000|sqft|-3}}, was announced in 2008; the project began in late 2013 and was expected to cost more than {{US$|183 million}}. The renovated station reopened on May 16, 2017, two years behind schedule, $17 million over budget, and still unfinished.<ref name="PApress2011">{{cite press release |publisher=[[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]|date=June 30, 2011|title=Port Authority Prepares for Major Overhaul of George Washington Bridge Bus Station |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1389|access-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806034922/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1389|archive-date=August 6, 2011}}</ref><ref name="dna16">{{cite news |last=Pichardo |first=Carolina |date=May 16, 2017 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170516/washington-heights/gwb-terminal-bus-station-opens |title=GWB Bus Station Finally Opens, 2 Years Behind Schedule |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611024116/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170516/washington-heights/gwb-terminal-bus-station-opens |archive-date=June 11, 2017 |work=[[DNAinfo]]}}</ref>

== Description ==
[[File:MANHATTAN ENTRANCE TO THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE BRIDGE CROSSES HUDSON RIVER TO NEW JERSEY - NARA - 548358.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Aerial view of station and the Trans-Manhattan Expressway]]

The station is built over the [[Trans-Manhattan Expressway]] ([[Interstate 95 (New York)|Interstate 95]]) between 178th and 179th Streets and [[Fort Washington Avenue (Manhattan)|Fort Washington]] and Wadsworth Avenues, and features direct bus ramps on and off the upper level of the bridge. The building was designed by the Italian engineer [[Pier Luigi Nervi]] and is one of only a few buildings he designed outside of [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Second Look: George Washington Bridge Bus Station / Pier Luigi Nervi, 1963 |first=Fred A. |last=Bernstein
 |url=http://archnewsnow.com/features/Feature151.htm |website=ArchNewsNow |date=November 2, 2004 | access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> The structure measures {{convert|400|by|185|ft}} long.<ref name="p1327262787">{{cite news |last=Barrett |first=Tom |date=April 1, 1962 |title=A New Bus Terminal Design: Sloped Roof Combats Fumes |page=22 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1327262787}}}}</ref> Early plans for the terminal indicate that it contained 10 platforms for suburban buses on its top level, which collectively had 36 loading positions. At ground level were shops and seven sawtooth loading positions for long-distance buses. The basement level contained a mezzanine leading to the [[175th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|175th Street station]] of the [[New York City Subway]].<ref name="nyt-1960-03-18">{{Cite news |last=Stengren |first=Bernard |date=March 18, 1960 |title=Bus Depot to Get a Roof of 'Wings'; Plans for New Terminal at George Washington Span Calf for Soaring Top |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/03/18/archives/bus-depot-to-get-a-roof-of-wings-plans-for-new-terminal-at-george.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The building is constructed of huge [[reinforced concrete|steel-reinforced concrete]] [[truss]]es, fourteen of which are [[cantilever]]ed from supports in the median of the Trans-Manhattan Expressway, which it straddles.<ref name="p1327262787" /><ref name=":1" /> The roof was constructed of 26 triangular sections,<ref name="p1327262787" /> each measuring {{convert|66|by|92|ft}} and composed of 36 concrete panels.<ref name="p1337893638">{{cite news |last=Liltell |first=Walter D. |date=March 18, 1960 |title=Famed Italian Designer Plans Bus Station Here: Nervi's 3- Level Building to Span George Washington Bridge Road |page=2 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1337893638}}}}</ref> The design of the roof was intended to disperse exhaust from buses idling there.<ref name="p1327262787" /> The building's roof trusses have been described as resembling butterflies, as seen in aerial views.<ref name="huxtable" /><ref name="p1327262787" /> When the terminal was constructed in 1963, the Port Authority believed the design of the roof would eliminate the need to install air conditioning.<ref name="p1325941966">{{cite news |last=Barrett |first=Tom |date=May 23, 1962 |title=A Designer Comes From Afar, Finds Bump at Bus Terminal |page=23 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1325941966}}}}</ref>

The building contains murals as well as busts of [[George Washington]] and [[Othmar Amman]], the [[civil engineering|civil engineer]] who designed the bridge. The building received the 1963 Concrete Industry Board's Award.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=George Washington Bridge Bus Station |first=James |last=Renner |url=http://www.washington-heights.us/history/archives/george_washington_bridge_bus_station_133.html |work=Washington Heights & Inwood Online |date=September 1998 |access-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404052723/http://www.washington-heights.us/history/archives/george_washington_bridge_bus_station_133.html |archive-date=April 4, 2010 }}</ref>  The entire facility is wheelchair-accessible.<ref>{{Cite web|title=George Washington Bridge Bus Station|url=https://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/en/george-washington.html|access-date=January 28, 2021|website=www.panynj.gov}}</ref> The terminal was criticized by one writer as "a brutal assault on the senses".<ref name="gothamist">{{cite news|last= Rivlin-Nadler|first= Max|date=August 25, 2014|title= Port Authority Closes Dilapidated GWB Bus Terminal For Long-Overdue Renovation|url= http://gothamist.com/2014/08/25/port_authority_closes_delapidated_g.php|publisher= Gothamist|access-date= August 25, 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170425062717/http://gothamist.com/2014/08/25/port_authority_closes_delapidated_g.php|archive-date= April 25, 2017}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Development ===
The [[George Washington Bridge]] between New York and New Jersey was opened in 1931; only its current upper deck existed at the time.<ref name=":4" /> As early as 1952, the PANYNJ (at the time the Port of New York Authority) had proposed widening a one-block stretch of 178th Street between Fort Washington Avenue and Broadway and creating a bus terminal there. The terminal would have contained three platforms for interstate buses and a connection to the 175th Street subway station. This would have required the demolition of three apartment houses and the building of the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association of Washington Heights.<ref name="p1319994639">{{cite news |date=April 8, 1952 |title=Authority Plans Wider 178th St. At Bridge Block: George Washington Span Project to Add 3 Bus Platforms, Subway Link New Bus Station Planned at George Washington Bridge |page=17 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1319994639}}}}</ref>

A lower deck for the George Washington Bridge, a new [[Trans-Manhattan Expressway]] connecting the bridge to the [[Cross Bronx Expressway]], a new bus terminal above the new expressway, and other highway connections near the bridge were recommended in a 1955 study that suggested improvements to the New York City area's highway system.<ref name=":4">{{cite news |date=January 17, 1955 |title=Excerpts From Proposal to Meet City's Bridge and Highway Needs for Next 2 Decades |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/17/archives/excerpts-from-proposal-to-meet-citys-bridge-and-highway-needs-for.html |access-date=June 15, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Little Falls Herald 1960">{{Cite news |date=July 26, 1960 |title=Little Falls Resident Works On George Washington Bridge Project |pages=12 |work=Little Falls Herald |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FLittle%2520Falls%2520NJ%2520Herald%2FLittle%2520Falls%2520NJ%2520Herald%25201960%2FLittle%2520Falls%2520NJ%2520Herald%25201960%2520-%25200331.pdf |access-date=June 15, 2018 |via=[[Fultonhistory.com]]}}</ref> The Port Authority announced plans for the $12 million bus station in February 1957.<ref name="p1327319235">{{cite news |last=Fernbach |first=Lyn |date=February 18, 1957 |title=Bus Terminal Planned In Washington Heights: $12,000,000 Job to Start This Year 70% Increase In Bases Seen |page=A1 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1327319235}}}}</ref><ref name="p879950422">{{cite news |date=February 18, 1957 |title=City to Get New $12-Million Bus Terminal |page=5 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|879950422}}}}</ref> The planned terminal would be able to accommodate 255 buses per hour, allowing 70 percent more interstate buses to use the bridge.<ref name="p1327319235" /> The Port Authority would have to relocate 10,000 families to make way for the bus terminal and connecting ramps,<ref name="p879950422" /><ref name="nyt-1957-02-22">{{Cite news |date=February 22, 1957 |title=Port Body Opposed on Uptown Project |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/02/22/archives/port-body-opposed-on-uptown-project.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> prompting opposition from the area's U.S. representative, [[Herbert Zelenko]].<ref name="nyt-1957-02-22" /> The New York City Planning Commission approved the improvements in June 1957,<ref name=":2">{{cite news |date=June 5, 1957 |title=Bridge Program Advanced By City |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/05/archives/bridge-program-advanced-by-city-planning-commission-takes-formal.html |access-date=June 15, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and the Port Authority allocated funds to the improvement that July.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |date=July 12, 1957 |title=Fund Is Allotted Bridge To Jersey |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/07/12/archives/fund-is-allotted-bridge-to-jersey-182000000-is-set-by-port-board.html |access-date=June 15, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Stengren 1960">{{cite news |last=Stengren |first=Bernard |date=February 22, 1960 |title=George Washington Bridge Loops to Open in Fall |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/02/22/archives/george-washington-bridge-loops-to-open-in-fall-manhattan-ramps-lead.html |access-date=June 15, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In approving the bus terminal, the City Planning Commission mandated that the terminal be an enclosed structure.<ref name=":2" />

The Port Authority announced in March 1960 that it had hired Nervi to design a three-story, $13 million bus terminal above the Trans-Manhattan Expressway.<ref name="nyt-1960-03-18" /><ref name="p1337893638" /> The agency had decided to hire Nervi after seeing several of his other designs, including the [[Stadio Flaminio]] in Rome, which Nervi had designed for the [[1960 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="p1325941966" /> The terminal's foundations were already complete at the time, while the ramps to the terminal were being built.<ref name="nyt-1960-03-18" /> The Port Authority awarded a $9.6 million contract that December to the W. J. Barney Corporation and William L. Crow Company for the construction of the terminal's roof.<ref name="nyt-1960-12-09">{{Cite news |date=December 9, 1960 |title=Bus Depot Pact is Let; 9.6 Million Low Bid on George Washington Bridge Terminal |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/12/09/archives/bus-depot-pact-is-let-96-million-low-bid-on-george-washington.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p1325120185">{{cite news |last=Hamshar |first=Walter |date=December 9, 1960 |title=Contract Let for Top Part of Bus Station |page=11 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1325120185}}}}</ref> In February 1961, contractors erected the largest of 40 steel girders carrying the terminal above the Trans-Manhattan Expressway.<ref name="p1335895614">{{cite news |last=Silberfarb |first=Edward J. |date=February 18, 1961 |title=Steel Is Raised for Bus Depot at Bridge |page=1 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1335895614}}}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1961-02-18">{{Cite news |date=February 18, 1961 |title=44-Ton Girder is Set at New Bus Station |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/02/18/archives/44ton-girder-is-set-at-new-bus-station.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The steel frame of the terminal had been completed by that April, and workers had begun pouring concrete around the steel.<ref name="nyt-1961-04-08">{{Cite news |last=Stengren |first=Bernard |date=April 8, 1961 |title=Bus Projects Due for Fall of '62; Midtown Addition Will Cost 20 Million and One Uptown 13 Million |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/04/08/archives/bus-projects-due-for-fall-of-62-midtown-addition-will-cost-20.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

=== Opening and early modifications ===
The George Washington Bridge Bus Station opened on January 17, 1963,<ref name=":3" /> and was officially dedicated by New York governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] and New Jersey governor [[Richard J. Hughes]] the next day.<ref name="p510424908">{{cite news |last=Sperling |first=Godfrey Jr. |date=January 19, 1963 |title=Rockefeller Sees New Milieu: Commuting Time Cut Imagination Lauded Products of Cooperation Cost Factor Touched On |page=14 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |id={{ProQuest|510424908}}}}</ref><ref name="n123171914">{{Cite news |last=Grant |first=Joseph |date=January 18, 1963 |title=Bus Terminal Is Dedicated in New York |pages=25 |work=The Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123171914/bus-terminal-is-dedicated-in-new/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> After passengers complained that the terminal's open-air design let in cold air, the Port Authority approved the installation of a retractable plastic membrane in August 1963 at a cost of $200,000.<ref name="nyt-1963-08-09">{{Cite news |date=August 9, 1963 |title=Bridge Bus Station To Be Coldproofed At $200,000 Cost |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/08/09/archives/bridge-bus-station-to-be-coldproofed-at-200000-cost.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The PANYNJ also installed glass walls and louvers to protect passengers from strong winds from the west, and it installed heated glass-and-aluminum canopies above the ten departure platforms.<ref name="nyt-1964-01-17">{{Cite news |date=January 17, 1964 |title=Bridge Bus Depot Marks First Year; Port Authority Pleased but It Wants More Traffic |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/17/archives/bridge-bus-depot-marks-first-year-port-authority-pleased-but-it.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Although the bus terminal was intended to replace a series of sidewalk bus loading areas that existed between 166th and 167th streets further south,<ref name=":3">{{cite web| title=George Washington Bridge Bus Station History |url=http://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/gwbbs-history.html |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> the last bus route did not relocate to the new terminal until 1967.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 9, 1967|title=Last Bus Terminal On Open Lot Closes Uptown Tomorrow|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/04/09/archives/last-bus-terminal-on-open-lot-closes-uptown-tomorrow.html|access-date=April 19, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In its early years, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station was underused, as most passengers from New Jersey preferred to travel to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Prial|first=Frank J.|date=February 4, 1973|title=Under-Utilized Uptown Bus Station Eases Load on Downtown Terminal|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/04/archives/underutilized-uptown-bus-station-eases-load-on-downtown-terminal.html|access-date=April 19, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Upon the George Washington Bridge terminal's first anniversary, 750 buses served the terminal on an average day, carrying 20,500 passengers.<ref name="nyt-1964-01-17" /> By 1974, ''The New York Times'' had written that the George Washington Bridge Bus Station "has never been a success and is still under-utilized".<ref name="nyt-1974-11-10">{{Cite news |last=Prial |first=Frank J. |date=November 10, 1974 |title=Port Authority Has Fallen on Hard Times |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/10/archives/port-authority-has-fallen-on-hard-times-the-longpowerful-and.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The PANYNJ hired developer McCann Real Equities in July 1999 to study the feasibility of erecting a [[Multiplex (movie theater)|multiplex cinema]] above the bus station. Had the multiplex been built, it would have contained 12 screens with a total of 2,800 seats and would have been operated by McCann under a 40-year lease.<ref name=nyt-1999-07-30>{{Cite news|last=Lueck|first=Thomas J.|date=July 30, 1999|title=Multiplex Is Planned Above Bus Terminal|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/30/nyregion/multiplex-is-planned-above-bus-terminal.html|access-date=April 19, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The multiplex would have cost $20 million.<ref name=n123175001>{{Cite news|last=Moritz|first=Owen|date=August 2, 1999|title=Uptown plan eyes new hotel|pages=484|work=New York Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123175001/uptown-plan-eyes-new-hotelowen-moritz/|access-date=April 19, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Ultimately, the multiplex was never built; there had been other unsuccessful plans to use the [[air rights]] above the terminal.<ref name="huxtable" /> By the 2000s, the terminal retained much of its original design but had fallen into disrepair.<ref name="huxtable" />

[[File:George Washington Bridge Bus Station renovated waiting room.jpg|thumb|left|The renovated waiting room (June 2018)|alt=]]
[[File:GWB Bus Station platform jeh.jpg|thumb|left|Renovated bus boarding area with display screens (November 2017)]]

=== Renovation ===
The PANYNJ approved a $152 million renovation of the George Washington Bridge Bus Station in October 2008.<ref name="The City 2019">{{cite web |date=July 26, 2019 |title=Foreclosure on $72m Loan Threatens GWB Bus Terminal Developers |url=https://www.thecity.nyc/manhattan/2019/7/26/21210920/foreclosure-on-72m-loan-threatens-gwb-bus-terminal-developers |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The City}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2008-10-02">{{Cite news |last=Neuman |first=William |date=October 2, 2008 |title=Renovation Deal for Bus Station at Bridge |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/nyregion/02terminal.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Port Authority was to contribute $49.5 million to the project, while developer Acadia would pay $102 million.<ref name="Signore 2008">{{cite web |last=Signore |first=John Del |date=October 16, 2008 |title=George Washington Bridge Bus Station Plans Revealed |url=https://gothamist.com/news/george-washington-bridge-bus-station-plans-revealed |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=Gothamist}}</ref> Although the terminal had accommodated 300,000 buses during the preceding year, carrying five million passengers, it had become dated and had never become as busy as the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The George Washington Bridge Bus Station lacked air-conditioning; it still contained [[payphone]]s, at a time when many payphones across the city had been removed; and most of its retail activity consisted of [[off-track betting]] and sales of lottery tickets and cheap coffee.<ref name="nyt-2008-10-05">{{Cite news |last=Fernandez |first=Manny |date=October 5, 2008 |title=Change and Outrage at the Bus Station That Time Forgot |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/05terminal.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Later that month, the PANYNJ revealed designs for the terminal's renovation.<ref name="The Real Deal 2008">{{cite web |date=October 16, 2008 |title=Designs for George Washington Bridge bus station revealed |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2008/10/16/designs-for-george-washington-bridge-bus-station-revealed/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref><ref name="Signore 2008" /> The project was postponed due to the [[2008 financial crisis]].<ref name="The City 2019" /><ref name="The Real Deal 2011" />

The agency announced in July 2011 that the project would proceed after the PANYNJ signed an agreement with a consortium of developers who would lease the terminal's retail space for 99 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Hughes|first=C. J.|date=July 27, 2011|title=Neglected Manhattan Transit Hub Is to Undergo a Major Makeover|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/realestate/commercial/george-washington-bridge-bus-station-to-get-renovation.html|access-date=April 19, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="The Real Deal 2011">{{cite web |date=July 27, 2011 |title=George Washington Bridge bus station to get $183M renovation |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/07/27/george-washington-bridge-bus-station-to-get-183m-renovation-sjm-partners-and-new-yorks-slayton-equities-aid-with-funding/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref> At that point, the cost had increased to $183 million. The developers were to provide $100 million for the project, while the PANYNJ would pay $83.2 million.<ref name=":0" /> Development firm [[New York City Regional Center]] (NYCRC) initially lent $72 million to the private developers, and NYCRC later lent another $19 million for the project.<ref name="The City 2019" /> At the time of the announcement, the project was to begin in January 2012 and be completed by early 2013.<ref name=":0" />

The renovated building was to be improved with better access to local subway stops, displays of bus departure and arrival times, central air conditioning, and full [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA-compliant]] accessibility. It would increase retail space from {{convert|30000|to|120000|sqft|-3}}.<ref name="renovated1">{{cite news |last=Pires |first=Claire |date=October 28, 2013 |title=George Washington Bridge Bus Station Is Finally Being Renovated |work=Northattan |url=http://northattan.com/2013/10/28/george-washington-bridge-bus-station-terminal-is-finally-being-renovated/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003205/http://northattan.com/2013/10/28/george-washington-bridge-bus-station-terminal-is-finally-being-renovated/ |archive-date=December 31, 2013}}</ref><ref name="50years">{{cite press release |publisher=[[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] |date=January 13, 2013 |title=Port Authority's George Washington Bridge Bus Station Celebrates 50 Years of Regional Commuter Bus Service |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1740 |access-date=June 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228104855/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1740 |archive-date=December 28, 2013}}</ref> Large tenants like [[Marshalls]], [[Key Food]], and [[Equinox Fitness|Blink Fitness]] leased some of the terminal's retail space before the renovation began.<ref name="Feldman 2011">{{cite web |last=Feldman |first=Amy |date=November 7, 2011 |title=Retail Rumblings Near the George Washington Bridge |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203733504577022033431608936.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> [[Tutor Perini]] received a $100&nbsp;million construction contract in August 2013.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 8, 2013 |title=Winner revealed for $100 million GW Bridge bus station redo |work=New York Business Journal |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/08/08/tutor-perini-wins-100-million-gw.html |access-date=May 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=August 8, 2013 |title=Tutor Perini Building Corp. Awarded $100 Million Contract for George Washington Bridge Bus Station Redevelopment |url=https://www.tutorperinibuilding.com/news/tutor-perini-building-corp-awarded-100-million-contract-for-george-washington-bridge-bus-station-redevelopment/?adlt=strict&toWww=1&redig=7A9D2E39F41A4FD491D06373D72607B4 |website=tutorperinibuilding.com |access-date=August 11, 2022}}</ref> The Port Authority and a private company, known as GWBBS Development Venture LLC, began renovating the station later the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Strunsky |first=Steve |date=January 17, 2013 |title=GW Bridge Bus Station gets $183 million facelift for 50th birthday |work=The Star-Ledger |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/gw_bridge_bus_station_gets_180.html |access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> The bus station's main concourse was temporarily closed for renovations in August 2014.<ref name="nyt-2014-08-25">{{Cite news |last=Chen |first=David W. |date=August 25, 2014 |title=George Washington Bridge Bus Station Closes for Long-Delayed Upgrade |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/nyregion/uptown-bus-station-closes-for-long-delayed-upgrade.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=August 24, 2014 |title=George Washington Bridge Bus Station Building Closing For Renovations |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/george-washington-bridge-bus-station-building-closing-for-work/?adlt=strict&toWww=1&redig=117AF1C40BA446FDB9617E713FF254AB |access-date=August 11, 2022 |website=cbsnews.com}}</ref> Although buses continued to stop at the terminal, the renovation was delayed significantly; the scheduled completion date of 2015 was postponed at least twice. According to ''The New York Times'', the delays became "a sore point in Washington Heights".<ref name=nyt-2017-03-13>{{Cite news|last=Fortin|first=Jacey|date=March 13, 2017|title=Manhattan's Other Bus Terminal, Running Years Late|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/nyregion/george-washington-bridge-bus-terminal.html|access-date=April 19, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The terminal reopened on May 16, 2017, two years behind schedule, $17 million over budget, and still unfinished.<ref name="ABC7 New York 2017">{{cite web |date=May 16, 2017 |title=George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal opens at long last in Washington Heights |url=https://abc7ny.com/washington-heights-george-bridge-bus-terminal-gwb-port-authority/1997363/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=ABC7 New York}}</ref><ref name="dna16" /> Tutor Perini filed a $120 million lawsuit against the PANYNJ in July 2019 over the project's "delays and cost overruns".<ref>{{cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Joe Fitzgerald |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/the-city/central-subway-contractor-dispute-threatens-to-bust-budget/ |title=Central Subway contractor dispute threatens to bust budget |work=San Francisco Examiner |date=July 20, 2019 |access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Berger 2019">{{cite web |last=Berger |first=Paul |date=July 14, 2019 |title=Port Authority Fights Lawsuit Over Renovation Delays |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/port-authority-fights-lawsuit-over-renovation-delays-11563120044 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> GWBBS Development Venture LLC filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] bankruptcy protection that October, in part because of the delays, cost overruns, and arbitration proceedings with Tutor Perini.<ref name="Wilson 2019">{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Colleen |date=October 8, 2019 |title=George Washington Bridge Bus Station developer files for bankruptcy |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2019/10/08/george-washington-bridge-bus-terminal-developer-files-bankruptcy/3906741002/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=Bergen Record}}</ref><ref name="Rubinstein 2019">{{cite web |last=Rubinstein |first=Dana |date=October 7, 2019 |title=George Washington Bridge bus station developer files for bankruptcy |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2019/10/07/george-washington-bridge-bus-station-developer-files-for-bankrutpcy-1220996 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=POLITICO}}</ref> Monarch Alternative Capital LP offered to take over the leasehold of the station's retail space, but negotiations with the PANYNJ stalled.<ref name="Randles 20212">{{cite web |last=Randles |first=Jonathan |date=June 29, 2021 |title=GW Bridge Bus Station Developers Replace Lead Bidder for Retail Lease |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/gw-bridge-bus-station-developers-replace-lead-bidder-for-retail-lease-11625000491 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> NYCRC sued the PANYNJ in 2021, claiming that the agency was trying to wipe out the firm's investment in the terminal by interfering with the planned sale of the retail leasehold.<ref name="Randles 2021">{{cite web |last=Randles |first=Jonathan |date=October 5, 2021 |title=GW Bridge Bus Station Lender Sues Port Authority Over Bankruptcy Sale |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/gw-bridge-bus-station-lender-sues-port-authority-over-bankruptcy-sale-11633464369 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Aurora Capital Associates and Bridges Development Group acquired the retail leasehold in December 2022 for $46 million.<ref name="bizjournals.com 2022">{{cite web |last=Nazar |first=Julian |date=December 28, 2022 |title=Two New York City-based developers acquire retail site in Upper Manhattan for $46M |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2022/12/28/two-developers-acquire-retail-site-upper-manhattan.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=New York Business Journal}}</ref><ref name="Modi 2022">{{cite web |last=Modi |first=Priyanka |date=December 30, 2022 |title=Aurora Capital, Bridges Acquire GW Bus Station Retail Leasehold |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2022/12/30/aurora-capital-picks-up-gw-bus-station-retail-leasehold/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref>

== Subway connection ==
[[File:GWBridge-BusTerm.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The station seen from the western approach in 2006]]
The complex is served by the [[175th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|175th Street]] station of the [[New York City Subway]]. The station is on Fort Washington Avenue with entrances at 175th Street and 177th Street, the latter one block south of the bus station.<ref name=MTAMaps-WashHts-2015>{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Washington Heights|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/mn/M20_washington_hts_2015.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=July 29, 2016|date=2015}}</ref> The subway station, operated by the [[New York City Transit Authority]] and served by the {{NYCS trains|Eighth far north}},<ref name=submap /> was part of the [[Independent Subway System]] (IND)'s first line, the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]], which opened in 1932.<ref>{{cite news |title=List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/10/100849595.html?pageNumber=6|access-date=April 21, 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 10, 1932|page=6}}</ref> A pedestrian tunnel, maintained by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, links the bus terminal to the subway station. This tunnel is closed at night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/gwbbs-connections.html|title=Connections – George Washington Bridge Bus Station – The Port Authority of NY & NJ|website=www.panynj.gov|access-date=July 30, 2016}}</ref>

The bus station is also within walking distance of the [[181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|181st Street]] station of the same line, and the [[181st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|181st Street]] [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] station on the {{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh north}}.<ref name=submap>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref>

== Bus service ==
On September 20, 2017, Greyhound announced that it would be providing service to the station starting September 27, while keeping the Port Authority Bus Terminal as its primary New York City location.<ref>{{cite press release|date=September 20, 2017|title=Greyhound Begins Operations From Newly Renovated George Washington Bridge Bus Station|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greyhound-begins-operations-from-newly-renovated-george-washington-bridge-bus-station-300522962.html|access-date=November 29, 2017}}</ref>

{{As of|2020}}, the bus lines detailed below serve the terminal for the [[New York City Transit Authority]], [[New Jersey Transit]], and [[Coach USA]] ([[Rockland Coaches]] and [[Short Line (bus company)|Short Line]]).<ref>{{cite web|title = Bus Carriers and Routes| publisher = Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | url=http://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/gwbbs-carriers-routes.html|access-date =June 1, 2015}}</ref> Service is also provided by [[Spanish Transportation]] with its Express Service [[Share taxi#Jitney|jitneys]].<ref name="expressterm">{{cite web|title=Express Service – Bus Terminals (Where Do You Want to Go)|publisher=[[Spanish Transportation]]|url=http://www.expresshuttle.com/bus-terminals.php| access-date = May 14, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121006091228/http://www.expresshuttle.com/bus-terminals.php |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status = dead}}</ref> Additionally, some [[OurBus]] routes serve the George Washington Bridge Bus Station.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Humanizing Bus Travel {{!}} Affordable Online Bus Tickets| accessdate = October 10, 2021| url = https://www.ourbus.com/newsdetails/gwb%20port%20authority%20nyc%20upstate%20ny%20route}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| last = NiagaraScenicTours.net| title = Niagara Scenic Tours :: Buffalo (716) 648-7766 • Rochester (585) 438-3063 :: Travel the Scenic Route!| accessdate = October 10, 2021| url = https://www.niagarascenictours.net/nyc/index.html}}</ref>

=== MTA Regional Bus Operations ===
Ten local [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]] routes stop at a lower level and on the streets outside the station. The {{NYC bus link|M4}} stops on Fort Washington Avenue, while the {{NYC bus link|M5|M100|Bx7|prose=y}} stop on Broadway. The {{NYC bus link|M98|Bx3|Bx11|Bx13|Bx35|Bx36|prose=y}} stop on 178th and 179th Streets between Fort Washington Avenue and Broadway. All routes are ADA-accessible.<ref name=MTA-ManBusMap-Current>{{Cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref><ref name=MTA-BxBusMap-Current>{{Cite NYC bus map|Bx}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
!Route
!Terminal
!via
!notes
|-
!valign=top|[[M4 (New York City bus)|M4]]
|[[The Cloisters]] or [[Fort Tryon Park]] (north)<hr/>Fifth Avenue/32nd Street, [[Koreatown, Manhattan|Koreatown]] (south)
|style="font-size:smaller;"|[[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] and [[Fifth Avenue]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|Bus only runs to the Cloisters when the museum is open; it only runs to Fort Tryon Park at all other times.
|-
!valign=top|[[M5 (New York City bus)|M5]]
|Broadway/31st Street, [[Garment District, Manhattan|Garment District]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|[[Riverside Drive (Manhattan)|Riverside Drive]], Fifth Avenue, and Broadway
|style="font-size:smaller;"|
|-
!valign=top|[[M98 (New York City bus)|M98 LTD]]
|[[Fort Tryon Park]] (north)<hr/>68th Street/Lexington Avenue (south)
|style="font-size:smaller;"|[[Harlem River Drive]] and [[Lexington Avenue]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|Bus only runs during rush hours.
|-
!valign=top|[[M100 (New York City bus)|M100]]
|West 220th Street/Broadway, Inwood (north)<hr/>West 125th Street/St. Nicholas Avenue, [[Harlem]] (south)
|style="font-size:smaller;"|Broadway and [[Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan)|Amsterdam Avenues]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|
|-
!valign=top|[[Bx3 (New York City bus)|Bx3]]
|[[238th Street station]], [[Riverdale, Bronx]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|University Avenue
|style="font-size:smaller;"|
|-
!valign=top|[[Bx7 (New York City bus)|Bx7]]
|West 263rd Street/Riverdale Avenue, [[Riverdale, Bronx]] (north)<hr/>[[168th Street station (New York City Subway)|168th Street station]] (south)
|style="font-size:smaller;"|Broadway, Johnson Avenue, [[Henry Hudson Parkway]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|
|-
!valign=top|[[Bx11 (New York City bus)|Bx11]]
|[[Parkchester station]], [[Parkchester, Bronx]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|170th Street, Claremont Parkway, East 174th Street
|style="font-size:smaller;"|
|-
!valign=top|[[Bx13 (New York City bus)|Bx13]]
|[[Bronx Terminal Market]] (extended to Third Avenue/163rd Street, rush hours)
|style="font-size:smaller;"|West 181st Street, Ogden Avenue, East 161st Street
|style="font-size:smaller;"|
|-
!valign=top|[[Bx35 (New York City bus)|Bx35]]
|Jennings Street and West Farms Road, [[Longwood, Bronx]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|Edward L. Grant Highway, East 167th Street, East 168th Street, East 169th Street
|style="font-size:smaller;"|
|-
!valign=top|[[Bx36 (New York City bus)|Bx36]]
|Olmstead Avenue and Randall Avenue, [[Soundview, Bronx]]
|style="font-size:smaller;"|Tremont Avenue, White Plains Road
|style="font-size:smaller;"|
|}

=== New Jersey Transit ===
{{See also|List of NJ Transit bus routes (100–199)}}
{| class="wikitable floatleft"
!Route
!Terminal
!via
!notes
|-
!valign=top|<div id=175>171</div>
|[[Paterson Broadway Bus Terminal]]
|<small>[[GWB Plaza]]<br />[[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]]</small>
|Spanish Transportation operates jitneys along a similar route to [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]]
|-
!valign=top|<div id=175>175</div>
|[[Ridgewood Bus Terminal]]
|<small> [[GWB Plaza]]<br />[[New Jersey Route 4]]<br />[[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]], [[Rochelle Park, New Jersey|Rochelle Park]]</small>
|<small>Some trips do not stop at<br />[[Bergen Community College]]</small>
|-
!valign=top|<div id=178>178</div>
|[[Hackensack Bus Terminal]]
|<small>[[GWB Plaza]], [[New Jersey Route 4]]<br />Grand Avenue, [[Teaneck Armory]], Englewood Avenue</small>
|<small>[[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]]/[[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]] (northern route) variant of Route 182</small>
|-
!valign=top|<div id=181>181</div>
|[[Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)|Bergenline Ave. Station]]
|<small>[[GWB Plaza]], [[Palisade Avenue (Hudson Palisades)|Palisade Avenue]], [[Bergenline Avenue]]</small>
| Limited peak and evening service Monday–Saturday. Other times, use the Spanish Transportation route, which runs down Bergenline Avenue and continues to [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]].
|-
!valign=top|<div id=182>182</div>
|[[Hackensack Bus Terminal]]
|<small>[[GWB Plaza]], Fort Lee Road, DeGraw Avenue</small>
|<small>Leonia/Teaneck/Bogota (southern route) variant of 178</small>
|-
!valign=top|<div id=186>186</div>
|[[Dumont, New Jersey|Dumont]]
|<small>[[GWB Plaza]], [[Route 9W|Sylvan Avenue]], [[Palisade Avenue (Hudson Palisades)|Palisade Avenue]], Teaneck Road</small>
|
|-
!valign=top|<div id=188>188</div>
|[[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]]
|<small>[[GWB Plaza]], via [[County Route 505 (New Jersey)|River Road]] [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]]<br />60 Street at [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]]</small>
|Limited weekend service
|}
{{clear}}

=== Coach USA ===

==== [[Rockland Coaches]] ====
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%;" |
!Route
!Terminals
! via
|-
!9A & 9AT
|[[New City, New York|New City]] (9A and 9W)<br /><small>(full-time)<br /></small>[[Central Nyack, New York|Central Nyack]] (9W) or [[Stony Point, New York|Stony Point]] (9)<br /><small>(peak service only)</small>
|[[U.S. Route 9W|Sylvan Avenue]], Oak Tree Road, Piermont Avenue/River Road, Broadway, Nyack Turnpike (Central Nyack trips only) Lake Road, Main Street, [[U.S. Route 9W|Route 9W]] (Stony Point is served on select rush-hour trips)
|}
{{clear}}

==== [[Short Line Bus]] ====
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%;" |
!Route
!Service
!Terminals
!Serving
!Notes
|-
! rowspan="2"| <div id="208">208</div>
|PM peak
| '''[[Montgomery (village), New York|Montgomery, NY]]'''<br />[[New York State Route 211|Route 211]] and Clinton Street
| [[Washingtonville, New York|Washingtonville]], [[Monroe, New York|Monroe]], [[Central Valley, New York|Central Valley]], [[Ridgewood, NJ]]
|
* Route owned by the [[New York State Department of Transportation|New York State DOT]].
|-
|AM peak
| '''[[East Side, Manhattan]]'''<br />23rd Street and 2nd Avenue
| [[Manhattan]] neighborhoods:<br />Washington Heights, Harlem, East Harlem, Yorkville, Upper East Side, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Kips Bay.
|
* Route owned by the New York State DOT.
* Does not serve GWB Bus Station and GWB Bridge Plaza.
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]]
* [[Journal Square Transportation Center]]
* [[George Washington Bridge Plaza]], across the bridge in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]]

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|George Washington Bridge Bus Station}}
* [https://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/en/george-washington.html GW Bridge Bus Station home page]
* [https://www.coachusa.com/rockland-coaches Coach USA Rockland Coaches]
* [https://www.coachusa.com/shortline Coach USA Shortline]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/place/George+Washington+Bridge+Bus+Station/@40.8489075,-73.9384079,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s--2b6mb-VvDU%2FWTjRqT18ehI%2FAAAAAAAArTw%2FM6G0BELqMCoZhFzqdAXhpKds-lqrBfKTgCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F--2b6mb-VvDU%2FWTjRqT18ehI%2FAAAAAAAArTw%2FM6G0BELqMCoZhFzqdAXhpKds-lqrBfKTgCLIB%2Fw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya240-ro0-fo100%2F!7i8704!8i4352!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x6e0d40686f9525e9!8m2!3d40.8489559!4d-73.938864!5m1!1e2!6m1!1e1 Boarding Area from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103237729589375373179/photos/@40.8487816,-73.9360352,3a,75y,120h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-Ml2LpcXPZP0%2FWTjRnCpOnRI%2FAAAAAAAArT8%2F1WVt36fBGxUHG4kxGokUAyiN8w0qj8QkQCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-Ml2LpcXPZP0%2FWTjRnCpOnRI%2FAAAAAAAArT8%2F1WVt36fBGxUHG4kxGokUAyiN8w0qj8QkQCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Waiting Room from Google Maps Street View]

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