Going from New York to New Jersey is free using the Holland tunnel.
It costs to go from NJ to NY
The Holland Tunnel and Robert Fulton are associated with the Hudson River.
Yes, there are many other options.
Coming from New Jersey:
I-95/US 1/US 9 - George Washington Bridge ($15.00 for a car)
I-78 - Holland Tunnel
SR 440 - Outerbridge Crossing
I-278 - Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Coming from North of the City: I-87 - Major Deegan Expy
SR 9A - Henry Hudson Pkwy
I-95 - Cross Bronx Expy
Eastbound only: Cars $8.00 cash, $8.00 E-ZPass peak, $6.00 E-ZPass off-peak as of 8/23/2010
The Lincoln tunnel was one of many things named after Abraham Lincoln in New York
Depending on the tunnel (there are three), they are 1.4 - 1.5 miles long.
The channel tunnel is, on average, 45m below the seabed. (1)
The ocean depth between Dover and Calais is, on average, 50m. (2)
Hence it can be guestimated that the tunnel is, on average, roughly 100m below sealevel for the undersea section of the tunnel.
(1) http://www.channeltunnel.co.uk/Faqs.asp
(2) http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/englishchannel.htm
No, they are two different tunnels, although both connect Manhattan to New Jersey. They span the Hudson River and are only about two or three miles apart.
The Holland Tunnel traverses the Hudson River and connects Manhattan to New Jersey. The Holland Tunnel traverses the water at Spring Street in Lower Manhattan. Canal Street also veers north diagonally to almost meet Spring Street at the entrance to the tunnel. So the tunnel is located at the almost-intersection of Canal and Spring Streets.
My grandfather, Timothy Maher, was a sandhog and he worked on the Holland Tunnel. He had been a miner in Ireland, worked in West Virginia but did not like it...came to New York and worked on the Tunnel. I also would like to learn more.
Yes. Check the digital collections of the New York City public library. They have many photos of the tunnel under construction.
Toll paid heading into NY. Westbound to NJ is free. Some restrictions apply.