@tpir1972 Originally it was. Robert Moses wanted to continue the Long Island Expressway, which still is I-495, to go through the Queens Midtown Tunnel, across Manhattan, and out through the Lincoln Tunnel all the way to the NJ Turnpike. Community opposition cancelled the Mid-Manhattan Expressway, and that eventually dropped the interstate designation on the NJ side.
Yep and you see the part of 495 that they did build into Manhattan at the beginning. There’s even less progress into Manhattan on the east side at the queens midtown tunnel portal
@roadwaywiz That is the same with the Penn Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia. You dont pay to leave Philadelphia but you do have to pay to enter Philadelphia.
I've got a friend who was born in that tunnel in a traffic jam. He doesn't know which side of the state line it was, but in such a case you get a birth certificate for the state where you exit the tunnel.
Is that the New York Skyline you see when leaving the Tunnel? I always thought it was when I was in NY Wednesday but now I am not 100% sure if that is NY or not.
It’s Route 495 it was supposed to go all the way across and connect to I-495 at the Queens midtown tunnel, making 495 stretch from I-95 in NJ all the way to Riverhead on Long Island. But they never built it further than what you see here due to opposition, the same story with the short freeway when you exit the Holland Tunnel. That’s I-78 and again it was supposed to cross Manhattan
Nice video, as always, but in this case you should have turned off the radio with that depressing and tragic news about the aid workers in Afghanistan.
@tpir1972 Originally it was. Robert Moses wanted to continue the Long Island Expressway, which still is I-495, to go through the Queens Midtown Tunnel, across Manhattan, and out through the Lincoln Tunnel all the way to the NJ Turnpike. Community opposition cancelled the Mid-Manhattan Expressway, and that eventually dropped the interstate designation on the NJ side.
Yep and you see the part of 495 that they did build into Manhattan at the beginning. There’s even less progress into Manhattan on the east side at the queens midtown tunnel portal
@ArtStone its just the way tolls are set up in the area. for all the hudson river crossings, drivers pay a toll only to enter NY, but not leaving NY.
@roadwaywiz That is the same with the Penn Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia. You dont pay to leave Philadelphia but you do have to pay to enter Philadelphia.
@roadwaywiz oh ic , maybe they keep the AM signal up in case of Emergencies.
I've got a friend who was born in that tunnel in a traffic jam. He doesn't know which side of the state line it was, but in such a case you get a birth certificate for the state where you exit the tunnel.
@roadwaywiz was that AM or FM?
Where's the marker on the side of the tunnel to alert you where you left NY and entered NJ.
Is that the New York Skyline you see when leaving the Tunnel? I always thought it was when I was in NY Wednesday but now I am not 100% sure if that is NY or not.
MrWill1985 yes it is. You turn briefly back easy after leaving the tunnel to view New York before 495 heads west again into weehawken
@Nexis4Jersey yea apparently. i didn't know either until then...
You can get radio reception under the Hudson?
AM Radio frequencies travels through most objects, unlike FM
Wasn't Route 495, Interstate 495 at one time?
wow!!! nycross roads
what are those short tunnels that you went through before the actual lincoln tunnel?
Those are approaches sis
It’s Route 495 it was supposed to go all the way across and connect to I-495 at the Queens midtown tunnel, making 495 stretch from I-95 in NJ all the way to Riverhead on Long Island. But they never built it further than what you see here due to opposition, the same story with the short freeway when you exit the Holland Tunnel. That’s I-78 and again it was supposed to cross Manhattan
At the start, of the video, it looks like the street touches the side of a building. What building is it, and where in Now York, is it?
what did you think about that one that went up a hill before the tunnel?
Do you ever go through the Holland Tunnel?
Why don't you have to pay to get into New Jersey?
is the NJ turnpike toll free from NJ 495 north?
Aaron Bryant I'm seeing that for 1st time, although there seems to be a toll getting off that stretch S-bound (eastern leg).
@danbarker39 yea i believe so...
@Nexis4Jersey AM
Nice video, as always, but in this case you should have turned off the radio with that depressing and tragic news about the aid workers in Afghanistan.
Wait you can now get a signal in the tunnels?
It’s called FM talk radio!
2:20 is the New york new jersey border
Is this underwater?
LisaMarie yes
First to use mechanical ventilation? No. That honor belongs to the Holland Tunnel.
Its amazing that the pa police did not confiscate the web cam!truly amazing!