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As one of the busiest vehicular tunnels in the world and a cousin tunnel to the highly successful Holland Tunnel, the Lincoln Tunnel sees over 100,000 cars every single day and around 21 million a year. It connects New York to New Jersey and serves as an incredibly strong connection between the two states— today on It’s History, we will discover the story of the Lincoln Tunnel.

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IT’S HISTORY Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

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Scriptwriter Imana Schoch
Editor Kamil Krawiec
Host Ryan Socash
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Chapters
A word from Blinkist – 00:55
What led up to the Lincoln Tunnel? – 01:05
How did the Holland Tunnel inspire the Lincoln Tunnel? – 3:10
Were there any other underwater tunnels proposed?– 3:41
Port Authority versus The Joint Tunnel Commission of New York 3:58
Why was the Lincoln Tunnel built? 3:59
New York’s growing traffic problem 5:46
How did the Holland Tunnel and Lincoln Tunnels impact each other? 6:54
Picking a location for the Lincoln Tunnel 7:45
Lincoln Tunnel’s financial struggles 9:06
How was the Lincoln Tunnel funded? 9:53
The engineer behind the Lincoln Tunnel 10:43
Building the Lincoln Tunnel 13:36
Why was the Lincoln Tunnel renamed? 16:43
How did the Lincoln Tunnel’s ventilation system work? 17:13
The Lincoln Tunnel’s first tour 17:27
The Lincoln Tunnel’s Grand Opening 18:12
Building the second and third tubes 19:19
Other events at the Lincoln Tunnel 20:32

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