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Fort Lee

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Fort Lee, residential borough (1990 pop. 31,997), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Palisades overlooking the Hudson River; settled c.1700, inc. 1904. The Revolutionary War fort built here to command the Hudson was abandoned on Nov. 20, 1776, after Fort Washington, on the opposite shore, fell to the British. Fort Lee was an early center of the motion-picture industry. It is the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge George Washington Bridge, vehicular suspension bridge across the Hudson River, between Manhattan borough of New York City and Fort Lee, N.J.; constructed 1927–31. It is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
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These additional leases at 2160 North Central Road exemplify the strength of the Fort Lee market," said William "Billy" Procida, principal of Palisades Financial.
Fort Lee has 178 carriers and 49 agents on file for moves with the installation's transportation office, said the president of the Stafford, Va.
 
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