Talk:Lincoln Tunnel

Question
Would anyone mind if I substituted NYC Hudson River crossings with Hudson River crossings? --Chris 19:30, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Expansion
Compare this article to the Holland Tunnel. This could use some major expansion. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 14:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:NYC Hudson River crossings
Template:NYC Hudson River crossings has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Templates for deletion. Thank you. --Chris 16:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

pic?martianlostinspace 15:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Incidents in the tunnel
On the 31st May 2007, a Gilberto Cantu drove a 13ft 6 inch tall truck through the 13 foot tall tunnel, causing some damage to decorative tiles. --85.92.186.68 23:13, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

What photo is needed?
There's a request for a photo here but I don't quite understand what is being asked for. The article seems to be pretty well covered with nice pictures already. Adam Di Carlo (talk) 17:21, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

XBL capacity error?
I'm not sure if this statement is entirly true "The lane operates weekday mornings between 6:15 and 10:00 a.m., accommodating approximately 1,700 buses and 62,000 commuters, mainly to the Port Authority Bus Terminal.The XBL carries more trans-Hudson commuter trips into midtown Manhattan each day than any other mode, including commuter rail into Penn Station."

I've found that on |this pdf by PANYNJ that yearly NJT ridership to penn station was 46 million, that divided by 365, then again divided by two (for morning and evening commute) is just over 63,000 commuters. Also from NJ.com they said that NJT ridership to NYP was about |70,000.

I'm not going to say that NJT definetly carries more cummuters than the XBL, but that right now the information on both XBL and NJT ridership is not up-to-date engough to say that one is more efective than the other.

I recomend the statement The XBL carries more trans-Hudson commuter trips into midtown Manhattan each day than any other mode, including commuter rail into Penn Station. be changed to The ridership on the XBL is about the same as New Jersey Tranits commuter rail into Penn Station. --Mannybrown1 (talk) 19:11, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Facts to be included

 * Construction started:May 17, 1934
 * Opened to traffic (north tube):February 4, 1945
 * Opened to traffic (center tube):December 22, 1937
 * Opened to traffic (south tube):May 25, 1957
 * Number of tubes: 3
 * Number of traffic lanes: 5
 * Length between portals (north tube):7,482 feet
 * Length between portals (center tube):8,216 feet
 * Length between portals (south tube):8,006 feet
 * Operating headroom of tunnel:13 feet
 * External diameter of tunnel:31 feet
 * Maximum depth, mean high water to roadway:97 feet

The opening of article is misleading. It is actually three tubes collectively known as The Lincoln Tunnel, each which different opening dates and lengths Only two have a highway designation. Seems these details would be approppriate for a encyclopedia. May come back to it, unless someone would like to take it on.

Removal of new "In popular culture" section
This was removed on the basis that the source needs to be included "to establish significance". Is the source not the book itself? Reference the "In popular culture" section in the article on Boulder, Colorado Noonand (talk) 15:35, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * No. Signifance would be established via a third-party source that discusses the tunnel's apperance in the book. WP should not include lists of every time any object is discussed in media without any indication that the appearance was notable in some manner. I've reviewed the linked article; tagged it and removed a couple of entries that were unsourced since January. Cheers. Doniago (talk) 16:08, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

busiest tunnel
The assertion that this is one of the busiest tunnels in the world seems ridiculous. Vista Ridge Tunnels in Portland has 20–25% more average traffic, and there is plenty of room for expansion, especially at off hours. Also, the tunnel in Treasure Island which connects the Bay Bridge segments has 250% more traffic. Is the only authority for this assertion from the tunnel operator itself? —EncMstr (talk) 19:37, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Lacking any response, I have removed the dubious and unsupported assertion. The remaining content seems reasonable and adequately supported.  —EncMstr (talk) 20:48, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Recently, the assertion that the Lincoln Tunnel is the world's busiest was re-added and cited to the tunnel operator. The cited figure is 120,000 ADT which is such light traffic it is hard to imagine it could be the world's busiest. Portland, Oregon has a tunnel with significantly more traffic—139,000 in 2011—so it is quite reasonable to expect that there are many other vehicle tunnels which are much busier—like those near Paris, Toyko, Moscow, etc. —EncMstr (talk) 22:07, 19 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Going to take out the entire sentence - too much doubt. In any case, the SF Bay Bridge doesn't incorporate a formal singular count for its two tunnels. And truth be told, the Trans-Manhattan Expressway tunnel underneath the apartments just east of the George Washington Bridge is likely the busiest.

Castncoot (talk) 04:52, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

1953 shooting
There's a paragraph on an incident in 1953 where two men tried to escape the police by driving through the tunnel. The article identifies them as Peter Simon and John Metcalfe, but this court document calls them Harry Inberman and "Irving Leibowitz, also known as John Metcalfe". Also, the details of the crime - and it appears to be the same crime - are very different. The problem is that the totality of the sources in favour of Wikipedia's version are either behind a paywall, or are copies of Wikipedia. What really happened? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 19:23, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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Connection to the Port Authority parking deck?
Isn't there limited direct connections to the parking deck bounded by 40th St, 9th Ave, 41st St, and 8th Ave? My impression is that buses use those ramps to access a depot or transit station there. Will (Talk - contribs)

infobox image
Does anyone support the attempt to replace the infobox image :file:Inside Lincoln Tunnel NY NJ.jpg with :file:lincoln-tunnel.jpg ? The new photo is better lit, but is blurred and suffers from distracting, excessive glaring, in my opinion. I think it is not an improvement. Meters (talk) 01:12, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree; the newer photo is not an improvement because it is blurred and overexposed.  Imzadi 1979  →   01:18, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Missing mentions of the one-man miniature electric cars for tunnel police that operated once in the Lincoln Tunnel catwalks
Similarly to the Holland Tunnels, the tunnel police once had a one-man miniature electric car for tunnel police, one in each direction along the catwalks. This is mentioned in the Holland Tunnel article but not here. We should add at least a mention of it. See: https://tiremeetsroad.com/2018/11/28/catwalk-cars-totally-strange-yet-cool-way-new-york-police-travelled-around-in-tunnels/ --Notcharliechaplin (talk) 20:18, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Art Deco Ventilation Shaft?
Article claims there is an "art deco ventilation shaft" west of 12th Ave. I am aware of a ventilation building at 11th Ave. and 39th St., and I believe that's also a secondary function of the ferry building at 12th Ave., but neither of these buildings are styled art deco, or even anything remotely close. They're unadorned brown brick buildings with no windows or color or decoration or ornamentation of any kind. So...pretty much exactly the opposite of art deco. If there's another vent shaft somewhere that's art deco, I want to know more about it!

The citation goes to a wayback machine of a google book but the page listed (59) isn't available there (or at least won't load for me). I was unable to find any other source on the Internet for that claim. 173.68.93.245 (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2024 (UTC)