O Lincoln Tunnel conecta Midtown Manhattan a Weehawken, Nãova Jersey, sob o rio Hudson, com três tubos transportando o tráfego entre os dois estados. As câmeras NYCDOT na abordagem Lincoln Tunnel nas ruas West 31st e 33rd, entre a Nãona e a Décima Avenidas, cobrem o lado Manhattan de uma das travessias de rios mais utilizadas no país. O NYC Live Command Center carrega ambas as posições de alimentação.
Veja ao vivo
Open the Lincoln Tunnel feed on the NYC Live Command Center , filter by borough, jump between cameras, and check conditions em tempo real.
Assistir à câmera ao vivoThe Camera Positions
Abordagem Lincoln Tun (aposta 9Ave e 10Ave) @ W31 ST: This camera covers the southernmost approach block where traffic queuing for the Lincoln Tunnel backs up from the tunnel entrance toward 31st Street. The feed shows the depth of any queue at the Manhattan toll plaza approach.
Abordagem Lincoln Tun (aposta 9Av e 10Av) @ W 33 St: The camera at 33rd Street shows the approach a block further back, giving a broader view of the queue length during peak periods. The position between Ninth and Tenth Avenues shows the westward flow of traffic from the Midtown street grid toward the tunnel entrance.
How the Lincoln Tunnel Works
The Lincoln Tunnel has three separate tubes under the Hudson, each approximately a mile and a half long. The center tube opened in 1937, the north tube in 1945, and the south tube in 1957. The tubes can carry traffic in either direction, and the Port Authority adjusts which tubes carry inbound versus outbound traffic based on the time of day and traffic conditions.
During morning rush, more tubes are dedicated to inbound traffic (New Jersey to Manhattan). During evening rush, more tubes carry outbound traffic. On Friday evenings and before major holidays, all available capacity shifts outbound. This reversibility is a significant advantage over many fixed-direction crossings.
Why This Approach Is Congestion-Prone
The Manhattan entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel is in the Hell's Kitchen / Clinton neighborhood, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the 30s and 40s. The street grid in this area is standard Manhattan — 60-foot-wide streets with two-way or one-way flow — feeding into a major regional connector that at peak periods carries over 120,000 vehicles per day.
The compression from city streets to tunnel entrance creates the backup visible on camera. There's no dedicated highway ramp structure leading to the Lincoln Tunnel the way there is at many suburban tunnel and bridge approaches. Vehicles queue in the surface street grid, which means the backup extends into city blocks and affects cross-street traffic as the queue grows.
Bus Trânsito at the Lincoln Tunnel
O Lincoln Tunnel tem uma faixa exclusiva para ônibus no lado de Nãova Jersey, conhecida como XBL (Exclusive Bus Lane), que durante o rush matinal permite que os ônibus contornem as filas de veículos de passageiros. Isso produz uma parcela significativa do tráfego de ônibus de Nãova Jersey ao Terminal Rodoviário Port Authority (alguns quarteirões a leste na 42nd Street), que é o terminal de ônibus mais movimentado do mundo.
The camera at the Manhattan approach doesn't show the XBL effect directly, but the separate flow of bus traffic is visible in the feeds as a distinct movement pattern from the passenger vehicle queue.
Peak Times to Check the Camera
Para viagens de ida (Manhattan para Nãova Jersey), os piores horários são as noites da semana, das 16h às 19h, com as noites de sexta-feira se estendendo até o início da noite e sendo significativamente piores do que de segunda a quinta-feira. Antes do Dia de Ação de Graças, do 4 de julho e do Dia do Trabalho, a abordagem de saída do Lincoln Tunnel está entre os segmentos rodoviários mais congestionados na área metropolitana de Nãova York.
For inbound travel (New Jersey to Manhattan), the worst window is weekday mornings from 7 to 9:30 a.m. The camera shows the Manhattan-side conditions, which reflect cleared traffic from the inbound direction rather than the actual queue, but unusual congestion at the tunnel exit affects the surface streets captured by the camera.
The Hell's Kitchen Context
The Lincoln Tunnel approach runs through Hell's Kitchen (also called Clinton), a neighborhood that has transformed significantly since the 1990s. What was a working-class residential neighborhood with a significant crime rate in the 1970s and 80s is now a dense mix of residential buildings, restaurants, theaters, and the commercial activity that serves the convention and media industries based in this part of Midtown.
As imagens da câmera ao redor da abordagem do túnel mostram o caráter atual do bairro: torres residenciais mais novas misturadas com prédios mais antigos, a faixa de alimentação e entretenimento na Nona Avenida e o fluxo constante de veículos no túnel navegando pelas ruas residenciais. O contraste entre o volume de tráfego ao nível da rodovia na entrada do túnel e o caráter residencial dos quarteirões circundantes é visível no campo de visão mais amplo da câmera.
*The NYC Live Command Center carries two NYCDOT camera positions at the Lincoln Tunnel approach in Midtown Manhattan, at 31st and 33rd Streets.*