Most write it off today as a commuter's nuisance, but like all old things in New York, The Lincoln Tunnel has a number of surprising secrets to its name.
Vintage photos of the miniature electric car for Port Authority police that used to run along the catwalk track of the Holland Tunnel between NYC and New Jersey
The Holland Tunnel was the first tunnel created with a complex ventilation system. The two-duct system can replace all the air in the tunnel in 90 seconds.
Robert Moses' LOMEX plan would have connected the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges to Holland Tunnel, razing 14 blocks of what is currently SoHo and Little Italy.