Lincoln Tunnel

Tags: Road Tunnel.

The Lincoln Tunnel is a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) tunnel under the Hudson River connecting Weehawken New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan New York City in the USA. An integral conduit within the New York Metropolitan Area it was designed by Norwegian-born civil engineer Ole Singstad and named after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. It is one of two automobile tunnels built under the river the other being the Holland Tunnel.

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length (km)

2280.51

building end year

1937-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

building start year

1934-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

height (cm)

3.9624

is part of route

(NJ side), (NY side)

number of lanes

6

opening year

1937-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1945-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

operated by

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

speed limit (kmh)

56.3269

vehicles per day

108655

width (mm)

6.5532

year of construction

1934-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1937-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1954-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

latitude

40.7625

longitude

-74.0111