The Details
The âDutch Tunnelâ is a road tunnel that runs under the Hudson River. It connects New York's Hudson Square neighborhood in Lower Manhattan to the east, and Jersey City, New Jersey, to the west. Like most of the other tunnels, it is under the control of the Port Authority of New York.
The âDutch Tunnelâ is located on Highway 78. In the USA, road junctions have multiple crossings. And so the "Dutch Tunnel" is one of the transitions between Manhattan and New Jersey. Also the top three includes the âLincolnâ Tunnel and sufficiently well-known the âGeorge Washingtonâ Bridge.
Interesting Facts
The idea of ââcreating a new road tunnel was born in 1906, it was then that the first project was developed. But due to some disagreements in the discussion, the project was suspended until 1919.
The actual construction of the âDutch Tunnelâ began in 1920, and the tunnel became accessible to traffic in 1927. It is worth noting that at the opening stage, the âDutch Tunnelâ was the leader in length among other underwater road tunnels.
Initially, the âDutch Tunnelâ was called another road interchange - the âHudson Riverâ or the âStreet Canalâ road tunnel. But soon the municipal government decided to rename it in honor of Clifford Milburn Holland, the tunnel engineer.
The tunnel is not only an important traffic interchange. In 1982, the "Dutch Tunnel" was declared a National Historic Monument of civil engineering and machine building.
The âDutch Tunnelâ Characteristics
Technical characteristics:
in the western direction, the length is 2.608 m, in the eastern direction - 2.551 m;
the tunnel has four traffic lanes, which in total provides traffic to 89.7 thousand cars daily, and over 14 million cars annually;
tunnel width - 6.1 m;
tunnel clearing - 3.84 m;
depth - 28.3 m.
The âDutch Tunnelâ is the world's first mechanical filtration tunnel designed by Ole Singstad.