travel inn Lincoln tunnel

at , New York , 10036 United States

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<p>The <b>Lincoln Tunnel</b> is an approximately Template:Convert/LoffAoffDbSmid set of three <a href="/pages/w/108340995852593">tunnel</a>s under the <a href="/pages/w/103100006396357">Hudson River</a>, connecting <a href="/pages/w/109409815752526">Weehawken</a>, <a href="/pages/w/108325505857259">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/pages/w/109608662399132">Midtown Manhattan</a>, <a href="/pages/w/111979848819624">New York City</a>, in the United States. An integral conduit within the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Metropolitan_Area" class="wikipedia">New York Metropolitan Area</a>, it was designed by <a href="/pages/w/108646839159211">Norwegian</a>-born civil engineer <a href="/pages/w/111308558922105">Ole Singstad</a> and named after <a href="/pages/w/112749585417905">U.S. President</a> <a href="/pages/w/112391058775572">Abraham Lincoln</a>. It is one of two automobile tunnels built under the river, the other being the <a href="/pages/w/108269519201612">Holland Tunnel</a>. The Lincoln Tunnel carries a daily average of approximately 108,000 motor vehicles.</p><p>The 8,216-foot (2,504 m) center tube opened in 1937, followed by the 7,482-foot (2,281 m) north tube in 1945. The 8,006-foot (2,440 m) south tube was the last to open, in 1957.</p><h2>History</h2><p>The tunnel was originally to be named Midtown Vehicular Tunnel, but the planners eventually decided that the new tunnel deserved a name that was of similar importance to that of the <a href="/pages/w/104012129635211">George Washington Bridge</a>, and named it after Abraham Lincoln.</p><p>Designed by Ole Singstad, the tunnel was funded by the New Deal's <a href="/pages/w/137920752902657">Public Works Administration</a>. Construction began on the first tube in March 1934. It opened to traffic on December 22, 1937, charging $0.50 per passenger car, equal to $ today. The cost of construction was $85 million, equal to $ billion today.</p>

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travel inn Lincoln tunnel is New York based place and this enity listed in Landmark category. 10036.