Renovated bike, pedestrian path opens on George Washington Bridge

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- People are on the move between New York and New Jersey.

One hundred million vehicles a year take the George Washington Bridge. But that’s not the only way to get back and forth. For the first time in about six years, a new path across the span is open on the bridge’s north side.

"It’s wide, not like the south side. We can go across the bridge to the Palisades and come back," said neighbor Paul Chapru.

A fully accessible path was officially opened on the north side of the bridge by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Tuesday.

"It’s much wider. It doesn’t have the hairpin turns,” said cyclist Mark Posey.