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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Lincoln Tunnel's sprung a leak?? (UPDATE)
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On edit: orig video was posted 17 hours ago:
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...so I'm guessing it's been plugged?
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July 15, 2020
A New York motorist recorded water leaking into the Lincoln Tunnel on Tuesday evening, July 14, as he drove toward New Jersey.
Anthony Consiglio shared this video on his Instagram story as he drove through the tunnel, which runs under the Hudson River to connect Manhattan with Weehawken, New Jersey.
Well, thats concerning, he says in the video.
The official Lincoln Tunnel Twitter account warned of delays due to emergency maintenance on Tuesday evening. Credit: Anthony Consiglio via Storyful
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On edit - the same Yahoo! story's been updated:
littlemissmartypants
(22,841 posts)Not a good look. I hope it's addressed soon.
❤ lmsp
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)PJMcK
(22,060 posts)I've been through the Lincoln Tunnel hundreds of times. When it rains heavily, you'll often see streams of rainwater rushing to the floor of the tunnel. Fortunately, there is an excellent drainage system beneath the road surface. If there were truly a leak and the Hudson River was flooding the tunnel, the Port Authority would shut the tunnel.
The NY tunnels, like almost all long tunnels, also have excellent ventilation systems to keep drivers from dying from carbon monoxide poisoning.
New York's tunnels and bridges are mostly pretty good. In the last couple of years, we've had major bridges replaced, (the Tappan Zee/Cuomo Bridge, the Kosciuszko Bridge and the Goethals Bridge are three examples), and the installation of electronic/cashless tolling has improved traffic tremendously.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)That said, it looks scary when you realize you're under the Hudson River.
JHB
(37,163 posts)There have been storms in the area over the past week or so which could lead to scenes like that.
PJMcK
(22,060 posts)We were driving from Brooklyn to upstate NY and the rain in the Brooklynns-Battery Tunnel, (aka, the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel), looked similar to this video.
The only flooding that would worry me would be from a terrorist attack.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)No rain that day?
genxlib
(5,546 posts)Looks like interesting information
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)genxlib
(5,546 posts)thanks
PJMcK
(22,060 posts)Ignore everything I wrote above! I'll start using the GWB instead.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)It appeared that the water was actually coming up thru grates in the walkway above the road?
Freedomofspeech
(4,228 posts)I would probably have had a heart attack if I witnessed that.
lindysalsagal
(20,782 posts)Hope it was some plumbing, and not the actual bedrock cracking open......
ecstatic
(32,760 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,420 posts)anyway, bridges and tunnels are not my thing.
George II
(67,782 posts)....as you can see the water was running into the drains of the tunnel and didn't accumulate.
The tunnel itself isn't a "tube" floating in the river that could spring a leak. It's actually a tunnel dug underneath the bed of the river. It's virtually impossible for there to be a leak that would allow river water to fill up the tunnel.
wnylib
(21,705 posts)in my life, both times when I was young and not the one driving. First was the Allegheny Mountain tunnel in PA on a family vacation drive when I was 16. Second time was 2 years later, through the Detroit-Windsor tunnel under the Detroit River when my then boyfriend was driving.
I am sure those tunnels are the reason I am still a bit claustrophobic in my senior years. (Or maybe I already was and they reinforced it). Too much vivid imagination. I expected the PA mountain to crash down around us or the Detroit River to wash us all the way down to Lake Ontario.
But imagine going through the English Chanel tunnel. Now there's a real nightmare for claustrophobes. A mountain or river is bad enough. But a chanel powerful enough to destroy whole fleets? If I took that tunnel, I would have scenes flashing through my mind of the Spanish Armada from Elizabeth, the Golden Age.
FakeNoose
(32,841 posts)The Allegheny Tunnel that you remember from your youth - that's one of 4 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Once you're off the Turnpike there are several smaller tunnels surrounding the city of Pittsburgh. I've learned that tunnels are my friends, they're shortcuts that save me long drives in the wrong direction, which I'd have to do if I refused to use them.
If you can walk into your house or apartment and accept that your building won't crash down around you, then it's the same concept for tunnels. They've been engineered to last a long time and to keep standing up during just about any situation. No need to fear those tunnels, my friend!
wnylib
(21,705 posts)But my imagination overrides your reason.
I'm from Erie originally. Our beaches and the waters of Lake Erie were clean then. Swimming in the lake was second nature to us. But visitors from out of town were often afraid. They had heard of undertoes, ships going down in storms, etc. The size compared to rural creeks or awimming holes scared some people. I could not comprehend their concerns.
It's all in what you're used to, I guess.
GregW
(6,155 posts)Tracer
(2,769 posts)Every time I go to Logan (Boston airport) I breathe a sigh of relief when I can see the "light at the end of the tunnel" and the exit signs.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,537 posts)Across the board.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I hate tunnels as it is, but that would just send me over the edge.