The Holland Tunnel

1. has, providing, with, more than, from Canal Street, link, two traffic, to Jersey City, direct, a, two tubes, 8,000 feet long, lanes, in each for automobiles, trucks, and buses. 2. was, to traffic, and New Jersey, the Port Authority, which, of New York, tunnel, is operated, The, by, opened, in 1927. 3. used, and construction, of the tunnel, still, vehicular, The, throughout, method, building tunnels, the world, the basis for, and principles, form, in the design

VI. Complete the text with the words below:

westbound, authority, tubes, vehicles, motor, conditions, vehicular, lanes

The Lincoln Tunnel, also used by motor__(1)__, provides a link between 38th Street in midtown Manhattan and Weehawken, N.J. The tunnel, operated by the Port __(2)__ of New York and New Jersey, is the only three-tube underwater __(3)__ tunnel in the world. Two of its __(4)__ are over 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) long, and the third is about 7,500 feet (2,290 meters) long. Each tube has two __(5)__ for vehicular traffic. The center tube, used for eastbound, __(6)__, or two-way traffic as __(7)__ require, opened in 1937. The north tube, for westbound traffic, opened in 1945. The south tube, used for eastbound traffic, opened in 1957.


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