Lincoln Tunnel opens December 22, 1937 After 3 1/2 years of work, this Public Works Administration funded project welcomed cars on December 22, 1937 with a toll price of fifty cents.  Today you can travel through the tunnel for between $13 and $8.25.  It was the second tunnel to link New Jersey and New York City, with the Holland Tunnel opening 10 years earlier. APPROACH TO LINCOLN TUNNEL, 05/1973 from the series DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977
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Lincoln Tunnel opens December 22, 1937

After 3 1/2 years of work, this Public Works Administration funded project welcomed cars on December 22, 1937 with a toll price of fifty cents.  Today you can travel through the tunnel for between $13 and $8.25.  It was the second tunnel to link New Jersey and New York City, with the Holland Tunnel opening 10 years earlier.

APPROACH TO LINCOLN TUNNEL, 05/1973 from the series DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977

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