The Holland Tunnel

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The Eighth Wonder of the World, it was called, twin vehicular tubes beneath the Hudson River, the world's longest underwater tunnels – the end of three centuries of Manhattan's utter dependence on Hudson ferries if you didn't happen to be riding the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Engineer Clifford Holland had already built the East River's four subway tunnels, so he knew from digging, and he was thus quite naturally the man put in charge when the states of New York and New Jersey jointly began tunnel construction in 1920 after years of planning.

 

Holland himself didn't live to see completion of the big job seven years later – he died from overwork and exhaustion in 1924, at age 41 – and by Nov. 13, 1927, when 40,000 pedestrians and 46,000 cars and trucks lined up for miles and miles on both sides of the river to claim honors as first-day crossers, the tunnel had taken his name in memoriam.

 

Meanwhile, a great Hudson bridge was already on the drawing board. So much for ferries.

 

Opening day of the Holland Tunnel on

November 13, 1927.

 

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[Guest Charles]

The Holland Tunnel is quite a remarkable architectural structure. I haven't actually been through it, which is kind of sad.

[FritzSpitz 11]

Great historical info... Now I know, the Holland Tunnel has nothing to do with the country/city whatever Holland... !

 

I've always found it weird that the Outerbridge Crossing is named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge.

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[AA 8th Avenue 1]

The tunnel is great for cutting from northern jersey to lower manhattan but too many curves in the tubes and it is brighter lit than the lincoln tunnel except the southern tube. The Lincoln is better and faster because its mostly a straight line tube. I hit 100+ mph in it late nights a few times. Awesome tunnel...

[metsfan 2]

I've been in both, and i gotta say this is the more interesting of the 2.

 

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[Forest Glen 4]

The Lincoln is much larger and handles more traffic. The Holland Tunnel has always been overshadowed by the Lincoln.

[Shortline Bus 1,121]

The Lincoln is much larger and handles more traffic. The Holland Tunnel has always been overshadowed by the Lincoln.

 

Plus the sharp curve going to/from Jersey City and i wonder how large vechiles like trucks are even allowed.