80 years ago today, the Lincoln Tunnel opened to traffic

Dec 22, 2017 |

Scene of the opening ceremonies on the Manhattan side of the tunnel, via NYPL On December 22, 1937, the center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel opened to traffic. The $85 million project ($1.5 billion in today’s dollars) linking Weehawken, NJ to Midtown Manhattan was hailed as a “new link of friendship between New York and New […more]

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