The $2 billion project to restore the George Washington Bridge reached a milestone as the last vertical steel suspension rope was replaced.

The $2 billion project to restore and rehabilitate the George Washington Bridge hit a historic milestone when the last of 592 metal suspender ropes between the bridge main cables and roadway was installed Thursday morning.

The job to replace all 592 ropes began seven years ago as part of a $2 billion project, after they had been in place for nearly a century.

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