I-78 West - Holland Tunnel to NJ Turnpike - Leaving New York City - 4K Highway Drive 

Thanks for the upload. ...having moved from NJ to FL, damn I miss the "drive right, pass left" law :)

This video is amazing! huge help to me. thank you - i was nervous to make the ride but i feel a bit more confident now and what to expect. The exit to Trenton comes up super fast and that is what makes me nervous.

You entered from Watts Street. There was less traffic entering from Canal or Hudson Street. The tunnel wall tiles these days are reasonably clean. From the late 60s through the late 70s they had a thick layer of grey-brown soot. Tunnels surrounding NYC have a rise-dip-rise at each end to keep rainwater from flowing too far into the tunnel. I haven't seen this on every tunnel I've driven. Note the cross-streets and traffic lights on the NJ side. In the morning rush, they back traffic up on the open NJ side, and keep the traffic from overwhelming the NYC grid. But in the evening rush, they back Manhattan traffic up well past 14th Street. There are plenty of lanes through those lights for "storage" of traffic, but not enough room between the tunnel portal and the first light for traffic to spread out and use it all.

The first time I used the Holland Tunnel was in 1960. On the New York side there was a presence of toll booths for toll collection. Not a safe situation in my estimation. Cross traffic made accidents a common occurrence.

The bridge between Bayonne (14A) and Newark (14) is the most expensive two miles of the Turnpike, with a $2.45 cash toll for cars and light trucks. It it North Jersey's own version of the Francis Scott Key Bridge (similar length and arch design).

I'm guessing that's the vid when you decided to head back South back to North Carolina? Or, did you film more NYC vids after filming this vid?

Almost weekly I would drive from 20 miles into Pennsylvania to Manhattan using I-78, but I learned quickly how to use 1-9 which no toll, it didn't seem to cost too much extra time..bthe turnpike wasn't worth the toll.

Nice ride along interstate 78 West from the Holland tunnel to the NJ turnpike Isn't that the highway with the traffic lights ?

Ah, the Holland Tunnel one of the most lucrative "Money Pumps" in the world. New I-78 well, lived in Chatham NJ, for over 25 years.

Cross Bronx expressway, 3 lanes in each direction, usually backed up. Houston freeways 10 lanes in each direction, usually backed up. Can't escape induced demand.

It would have been both functionally and financially impractical for New Jersey and New York to build an actual Interstate to and through the Holland Tunnel, so they got waivers to let that be I-78 until it reached a place where it could be. Kinda like I-70/76 at Breezewood on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Go to Longview TX and do loop 281 from beginning to end.