8,558 feet (2,608.5 m) (westbound) 8,371 feet (2,551.5 m) (eastbound)
No. of lanes
4
Tunnel clearance
12.6 feet (3.84 m)
Width
20 feet (6.1 m)
Depth of tunnel below water level
93 feet (28.3 m) below MHW
Route map
Route map of the Holland Tunnel
Holland Tunnel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
New York State Register of Historic Places
Video of an eastbound trip through the tunnel
Location
Jersey City, New Jersey and Lower Manhattan, New York City
Built
1920
Architect
Clifford Holland
NRHP reference No.
93001619
NYSRHP No.
06101.007028
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
November 4, 1993[3]
Designated NHL
November 4, 1993
Designated NYSRHP
November 4, 1993
The Holland Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River that connects Hudson Square and Lower Manhattan in New York City in the east to Jersey City, New Jersey in the west. The tunnel is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and carries Interstate 78. The New Jersey side of the tunnel is the eastern terminus of NJ Route 139. The Holland Tunnel is one of three vehicular crossings between Manhattan and New Jersey; the two others are the Lincoln Tunnel and George Washington Bridge.
Plans for a fixed vehicular crossing over the Hudson River were first devised in 1906. However, disagreements prolonged the planning process until 1919, when it was decided to build a tunnel under the river. Construction of the Holland Tunnel started in 1920, and it opened in 1927. At the time of its opening, it was the longest continuous underwater tunnel for vehicular traffic in the world.
The Holland Tunnel was the world's first mechanically ventilated tunnel. Its ventilation system was designed by Ole Singstad, who oversaw the tunnel's completion. Original names considered for the tunnel included Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel and Canal Street Tunnel, but it was ultimately named the Holland Tunnel in memory of Clifford Milburn Holland, its initial chief engineer who died suddenly in 1924 prior to the tunnel's opening.
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and tunnels have broken or set records. Opened in 1927, the HollandTunnel was the world's first mechanically ventilated underwater vehicular tunnel. The...
and for whom the HollandTunnel is named. Holland was born in Somerset, Massachusetts. He was the only child of Edward John Holland and Lydia Frances...
HollandTunnel's tubes would be closed one at a time for two and a half years, and traffic would be diverted to the Lincoln Tunnel. After the Holland...
HollandTunnel Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating from two locations, Newburgh and Paros. HollandTunnel Gallery was founded in 1997 by Dutch...
consists of the HollandTunnel, which crosses under the Hudson River from New Jersey and ends at an exit rotary in Lower Manhattan. The tunnel and its approaches...
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work on underwater vehicular tunnels in New York City. Singstad designed the ventilation system for the HollandTunnel, which subsequently became commonly...
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Hudson River, the Lincoln Tunnel (Route 495) and HollandTunnel (Interstate 78/Route 139) also enter Manhattan. Both tunnels are operated by the Port Authority...
Pennsylvania through Allentown to western and North Jersey, terminating at the HollandTunnel entrance to Lower Manhattan in New York City. Major metropolitan areas...
Holdings were acquired. In November 2012, John HollandTunnelling was awarded the International Tunnelling Contractor of the Year, for the Northern Sewerage...
the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1910 ("North River Tunnels"). Under an independent agency, the HollandTunnel was opened in 1927, with some planning and construction...
Tonnele Circle to the state line with New Jersey and New York in the HollandTunnel, which is under the Hudson River, to New York City. The western portion...
An underwater tunnel is a tunnel which is partly or wholly constructed under the sea or a river. They are often used where building a bridge or operating...
renumbering, running from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Camden to the HollandTunnel in Jersey City. The number was retired in the renumbering, as the whole...
"super-highways" in the United States, to provide a connection to the HollandTunnel. One of several major projects built during the reign of Hudson County...
approximately one mile to the south that now serves as part of the HollandTunnel access.) William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783), Continental Army...
Tunnel, an active rail tunnel located near Hayden. Jefferson Tunnel, abandoned rail tunnel in Jefferson County. Laney Tunnel, an active rail tunnel on...
targets to be attacked were the UN headquarters, the Lincoln Tunnel, the HollandTunnel, the George Washington Bridge, the St. Regis and the UN Plaza...
subway tunnels and sewers, Water Tunnels No. 1 and No. 2 as well as the currently under construction Water Tunnel No. 3, the Lincoln, Holland, Queens-Midtown...
rue La Fayette. 10th arrondissement of Paris. Affiliated buildings of HollandTunnel. New York City, New York, United States. 58 Joralemon Street for rapid...
Jersey Turnpike's main roadway to Hudson County, New Jersey and the HollandTunnel. The turnpike route creates the border between Bayonne and Jersey City...
Global Information
I-78 Toll (full length)
Route 139 (NJ side)