Lincoln Tunnel

Avoiding rush hour was not an option and what crazy bumper to bumper traffic I was in. Felt like I was in the car for hours.
What should have been a 8 minute tunnel turned into more than half an hour. I had no choice but to take the tunnel during rush hour.

Although it has a fantastic ambiance the service is not that speedy. As I write this review I have been stuck in my seat for over 30 minutes while I had expected it to be a quick in and out. I’d say I would not recommend, but they serve over 50,000 people a day here. There must be a reason people keep coming back.

One of the insanely MANY reasons I absolutely can not stand commuting too and from god forsaken New Jersey. Is there really any point to this tunnel, if not only to cut precious minutes from your life? I think it may actually be faster to swim to manhattan than to take this tunnel. I’ve never had smooth passage, and to those that have. God bless you. TAKE THE PATH, do yourself a favor. Fucking $ 15 toll… What a joke it is to live in this city sometimes…

A prime example of how outdated our infrastructure is. The fact that all Lanes accept E-​ZPass does not ameliorate the clusterfluck of 4 lanes merging into two.
Toll is now $ 15+.

One star because it technically serves it purpose. Two stars because it has yet to implode under the pressure of the waters above.
I’m not a fan of this tunnel. Why? Well it seems every time I get stuck in a tunnel its this one! Not for like 5 minutes or 10 minutes but I’ve been stuck in this tunnel for upwards of 30 minutes standing still.
The entrances and the maze like roadways that lead to the entrance on the Manhattan side make no sense and probably were never planned out well, if its not already closed by some screaming NYC traffic agent. The Helix or the exit on the jersey side is often chaotic. Welcome to NYC/​NJ.
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The amount of times I’ve been stuck in traffic here? I’ve lost count. However, I love how it connects midtown to a lovely part of New Jersey (Hoboken, Weehawken, West New York area) with beautiful views of the NYC skyline. The tunnel puts you right on the New Jersey Turnpike. It’s very convenient, especially if you’re lucky enough to avoid the off peak hours.

Haven’t been thru this tunnel in a few years!!! I work in the area so the streets can get congested during the peak hours though!!! No biggie though!!!

I have a love-​hate relationship with the Lincoln Tunnel. I like to travel on Greyhound to Washington DC and Philadelphia. Those routes use the Lincoln Tunnel. Many other bus routes, including MTA and NJ Transit, also use the tunnel. Last July, I took the New Jersey Bar Exam (which I passed). The exam is split up into two days. On the first day, I took the NJ Transit 320 bus to the Meadowlands Exposition Center, which is roughly 20 minutes away from the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. I had no problems getting there. Getting back, however, was a problem. The 320 bus literally sat on the helix for 45 minutes. Since I had to get up early the next morning for the second half of the exam, I was pissed. I passed the time by looking at some flash cards which I prepared (before you ask, I didn’t bring them into the test room. I left them outside while I took the exam).
It seems like the worst time to use the tunnel is during weekday afternoons and evenings. During that 5 hour stretch, it is jam packed in BOTH directions. NJ Transit, which only has one rail tunnel under Hudson River, wanted to build a second tunnel to Penn Station that likely would’ve relieved traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel by encouraging motorists to use the train instead of driving into and out of the city. However, Chris Christie bitched about it and pulled the funding. So next time you’re stuck in traffic, remember to thank him.
The Lincoln Tunnel serves its purpose. There’s nothing that can be done to alleviate the overcrowding (except build more office buildings in New Jersey so people won’t have to cross the Hudson River to go to work). The only good thing about the Lincoln Tunnel is that as you approach it via the helix, the view of the Manhattan skyline is breathtaking (especially at night).

Some might say it’s first world problems, but how is it that the great ‘Murica hasn’t caught up on technology enough to allow reception in the tunnel? C’mon now. It’s bad enough that only certain subways in metro NYC provide wifi or any coverage at all once you hit a floor underground.
I live right next to the GWB, so a lot of people ask why I end up taking the Lincoln Tunnel. Well, the bus. I don’t drive into the city because I’d go batsh*tcraycray and I’d like to use the least amount of transfers. NJT Bus goes straight from across the street from my condo to Port Authority, which is literally a 10-​second ramp up into the terminal. My office is near Grand Central, so it’s a quick straphanging or a walk, trudging through tourists who know only to look up, with no awareness whatsoever of oncoming human traffic.
There’s always a lot of traffic, and if you’re not taking the bus, which has its own express lanes during peak hours, make sure you’re not making any appointments/​reservations in the city within the hour.

One of the top tunnels in the NYC area.
Multi tubed. Goes underwater. Very cool.
A good tip. Take a bus because they just raised the prices again. If you do take the bus. Go bowling at Port Authority.
A cool thing if your lucky. Look for the tunnel car. It takes workers through the tunnel on a single rail.

I take the bus into NYC every weekday for work and there is ALWAYS something going on in the Lincoln Tunnel. A disabled vehicle, disabled bus, police activity, or just plain traffic. In the morning when I take the bus, if there is a backup in the bus lane, it is most likely because of something that is going on near in inside the Lincoln Tunnel. The tunnel itself looks old and decrepit, but yet they keep raising the toll to get through! I still can’t believe it was just raised to $ 15! It seems like there has been a toll hike every single year or every other year (if I’m not mistaken) around the holidays or right after. Of course they decide the raise the price of the toll when people have just spent all their money on holiday gifts and other things. It is hard to believe that a tunnel that looks like it is about to cave-​in is so expensive to utilize! Lastly, the cost of my monthly bus pass just went up after more than three years and I am sure it is because of the rising price to get through the Lincoln Tunnel.

I usually don’t go into Jersey at all much less drive there… Sooe entry but things started moving once in the tunnel. Please close your windows before you get into this tunnel because the fumes will kill you. Literally.

This is one of three ways to get to New Jersey from Manhatten. Entrance is on the West side of Manhatten in the midtown area. There are actually a few streets to get to the Tunnel. One is off of 9^th Ave and one is off of 39^th Street. This tunnel gets alot of bus traffic because of it’s close proximity to Port Authority Bus Terminal. There is actually a ramp that runs right to Port Authority for the buses use only.
Drops you off in Weekhawken New Jersey and also to just about every highway you would need to get to in Jersey. The Turnpike, the Garden State, I-​80, Route 3, etc.
The tunnel is run by the Port Authority as well and the tolls are coming into New York only. I think the tolls are up to $ 14! Yeesh. Definitely worth it to get E-​Z Pass, which is accepted here. Not only are the lines usually cheaper, you get a decent discount on the toll.

I have a love/​hate relationship with you. Having lived in NYC for over a decade and working for a time in NJ, never mind all my friends out there I have been through you countless times.
I lived a block from your entrance for 6 years. I could leave at the same time each day and never know if I would breeze through you or sit outside my apt for an hour. Once on the NJ side the traffic can get dicey where those two merges come in, but once you go to the Turnpike or Rt 3 it does tend to get easier.
Coming back into the city, it was also always a gamble. On that front the GW Bridge (when Cristi is not grumpy) is more reliable. But if you hit it when its moving along, it super fast and easy. You can choose to go uptown, downtown, crosstown once back in the «City that never sleeps» easily.
I was here recently and came through you some 8 times in a week, and most times it was fairly easy. However, given the toll fee, which is just out of site, you’d think it would be much easier.

Given that level of uncertainty and the cost, I can only give three stars.

Getting into this tunnel always seems confusing. Yes, lanes always merge trying to get into any tunnel, but the way the lanes wind and veers off, it’s like once you pick a path, you better stick with it! It’s too dangerous to switch. That’s how I feel, and then I’m inside, driving through, hoping by the time I get out, I can finagle my way to where I need to go, among the other cars and buses coming and going.
Came on a weekend late morning, around 11AM, and there wasn’t any traffic. Volume, sure, but not bumper to bumper. I was able to move smoothly. I use this tunnel when I need to get to midtown Manhattan.
I know weeknight rush hours are brutal.

The Lincoln tunnel is mighty long. You have a 30% chance of a free and clear shot at it, otherwise you’ll be stooging along at 10MPH.
Pick your tube well to maximize your destination, particularly for downtown, below 30^th st it’s the middle tube.
Also, when approaching the tunnel from the Jersey side, if traffic is really slow, take Kennedy blvd to tubes will save you time. Just keep making rights.
For Out of Towner’s, do us all a favor and park the Prius in Weehawken and take the ferry. You are not up to driving in Manhattan… Believe me on this one.
The Lincoln Tunnel is my preferred point if entry into NYC. Even though you have to fight the crap NJ traffic with all those nuts, its still a far cry from the GDub. (that’s New Yawk for the George Washington Bridge)
So, good luck Travelers and enjoy your fleeting Lincoln Tunnel experience.

What can I say — I have to come thru the lincoln tunnel to get to Port Authority via NJ Transit. There are always delays… every morning without fail. There are just too many people with too many cars, coming in from central and north jersey. The Lincoln Tunnel are where those paths meet and merge… only solution is to decrease the number of cars on the road.
And what really sucks when you get stuck in the tunnel while on the bus, no WiFi; no cell phone; no pandora.

I mean what can you really say about this place. You need to get to Manhattan or out of Manhattan this is one of your choices. It’s a little scenic coming in from nj. If you go try to enter the tunnel from manhattan there is always construction and its confusing trying to get around to it.
I’d avoid the tunnel at all cost, the gwb is the best way out of Manhattan and prolly the best way in.
Tunnels tend to be unpredictable, tons of construction, and just lane closures.

Big eyes, iPhone out the window to snap a picture of the Hudson… then BAM – the truck in the other lane moves forward and becomes your background. I usually opt for the good ol’ Port Authority to get to Midtown or Murray Hill but decided to drive the Lincoln Tunnel.
It’s a little over 2 km long (according to my GPS). Lanes are narrow. Once you’re in one lane, you can’t switch. I was here around 10:15am and the traffic, I’m guessing, was normal getting to the toll. Once I was in the tunnel itself, the traffic was pretty consistent – didn’t need to stop or anything.
There is a designated bus lane, but I’m sure bus drivers don’t give a damn since there was a bus in every lane (prior to reaching the toll) today. It’s still $ 14 (as of 7÷9÷15) if you’re coming from Jersey. There’s no toll when driving back through the Holland Tunnel. However, as others mentioned, grab an E-​ZPass. It saves you some money per month if you drive everyday. Stopping to pay $ 14 everyday isn’t practical unless you have no other option.

Traffic Traffic Traffic … need I say more?
The Lincoln and Holland tunnels are necessary evils for anyone who travels into and from NYC to New Jersey, but the traffic here is just unbearable most of the times.
Personal tip —- TAKE THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE … its much quicker.