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一個46米（150英尺）長的桁架被悬起，並連接连接在中间的两个悬臂夹。大桥主體跨度長145米（475英尺）；两端还有额外的桁架以连接通往高速公路的悬臂橋體。<ref name=historylink/><ref name=Dorpat>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=or66AAAACAAJ |first1=Paul |last1=Dorpat |first2=Genevieve |last2=McCoy |title=Building Washington: A History of Washington State Public Works |year=1998 |publisher=Tartu Publications |isbn=978-0-9614357-9-0 |page=117}}</ref>

大橋桥墩於1929年開始興建<ref name=nblcr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MINfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1797%2C2383499 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=(Associate Press photo) |title=New bridge links coastal route |date=1930-10-03 |page=1 |access-date=2018-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502024101/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MINfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1797,2383499 |archive-date=2016-05-02 |dead-url=no }}</ref>，而在1931年大橋橋體開始動工興建。在1932年2月22日（[[乔治·华盛顿]]的200歲冥誕），大橋被正式命名為“喬治·華盛頓紀念大橋”<ref name=historylink>{{cite web|first=Priscilla|last=Long|title=Seattle's George Washington Memorial Bridge (Aurora Bridge) is dedicated on February 22, 1932.|url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5418|publisher={{link-en|HistoryLink}}|date=2003-03-03|accessdate=2007-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915181518/http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=5418|archive-date=2008-09-15|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name=historylink2/>，並在同日通車<ref name=NRIS/>。