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Grants's Tomb overlooking the north (or Hudson) River from Riverside Drive at 123rd Street, is the Nation's Memorial to General Ulysses S. Grant, one of the soldier-presidents of the United States. The massive sarconlvagus in the which rest the bodies or President Grant and his wife is open to public view. The memorial cost $600,000 and was complete in 1897. The George Washington Memorial Bridge across the Hudson River from the site of Fort Washington, New York, to the Palisades, New Jersey is the longest and highest suspension bridge in the world. Completed in 1931 |
