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Lincoln Tunnel has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
June 4, 2018	Good article nominee	Listed

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Facts to be included

Construction started:May 17, 1934
Opened to traffic (north tube):February 4, 1945
Opened to traffic (center tube):December 22, 1937
Opened to traffic (south tube):May 25, 1957
Number of tubes: 3
Number of traffic lanes: 5
Length between portals (north tube):7,482 feet
Length between portals (center tube):8,216 feet
Length between portals (south tube):8,006 feet
Operating headroom of tunnel:13 feet
External diameter of tunnel:31 feet
Maximum depth, mean high water to roadway:97 feet

The opening of article is misleading. It is actually three tubes collectively known as The Lincoln Tunnel, each which different opening dates and lengths Only two have a highway designation. Seems these details would be approppriate for a encyclopedia. May come back to it, unless someone would like to take it on.

Art Deco Ventilation Shaft?

Article claims there is an "art deco ventilation shaft" west of 12th Ave. I am aware of a ventilation building at 11th Ave. and 39th St., and I believe that's also a secondary function of the ferry building at 12th Ave., but neither of these buildings are styled art deco, or even anything remotely close. They're unadorned brown brick buildings with no windows or color or decoration or ornamentation of any kind. So...pretty much exactly the opposite of art deco. If there's another vent shaft somewhere that's art deco, I want to know more about it!

The citation goes to a wayback machine of a google book but the page listed (59) isn't available there (or at least won't load for me). I was unable to find any other source on the Internet for that claim. 173.68.93.245 (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]