The Lincoln Tunnel's sprung a leak?? (UPDATE)

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

On edit: orig video was posted 17 hours ago:

Link to tweet

...so I'm guessing it's been plugged?

More:

New York Driver Captures Hudson River Flooding Inside the Lincoln Tunnel

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, that’s 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:

“Well, that’s concerning,” he says in the video. The Port Authority said a water main rupture caused the flooding on Tuesday evening. “It was fixed and the water was pumped out as designed,” the authority said.

[littlemissmartypants]

1. That's scary. I have been through there hundreds of times.

Not a good look. I hope it's addressed soon.

❤ lmsp

[Dennis Donovan]

4. I wonder which which tube he was in? The Center tube being the oldest at 83 years old:

[PJMcK]

2. That video is probably misleading

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]

5. That's why I looked into it further. Figured they would certainly close it if any real danger

That said, it looks scary when you realize you're under the Hudson River.

[JHB]

6. Yes, that's what I was thinking... When was that video taken?

There have been storms in the area over the past week or so which could lead to scenes like that.

[PJMcK]

7. Last week, Tropical Storm Faye hit NYC

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]

9. The video was taken Tuesday evening per the OP

No rain that day?

[genxlib]

11. What web site is that from

Looks like interesting information

[Dennis Donovan]

12. Timeanddate.com

https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/new-york/historic

Super-helpful site for that kind of thing

[genxlib]

15. Very nice

thanks

[PJMcK]

14. Uh, oh!

Ignore everything I wrote above! I'll start using the GWB instead.

[Dennis Donovan]

16. I'm sure it's fine now

It appeared that the water was actually coming up thru grates in the walkway above the road?

[Freedomofspeech]

3. I was always horrifed to drive through there...

I would probably have had a heart attack if I witnessed that.

[lindysalsagal]

8. I'll take a bridge over a tunnel every time.

Hope it was some plumbing, and not the actual bedrock cracking open......

[ecstatic]

10. Oh my gosh, I would have freaked out! nt

[bucolic_frolic]

13. I read the headline quickly as "Lincoln Project"

anyway, bridges and tunnels are not my thing.

[George II]

17. It wasn't a leak in the tunnel - that wasn't river water. It was a water main leak and....

....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]

18. I've only been through 2 tunnels

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]

20. I'm living in Pittsburgh and I do tunnels on a daily basis

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]

22. You are probably right.

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]

19. Queue annoying ad for Flex Seal

[Tracer]

21. I've been nervous about underwater tunnels since I was a kid.

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]

23. Kick for addl info

[BannonsLiver]

24. NYC area transportation infrastructure is appallingly bad.

Across the board.

[smirkymonkey]

25. That would completely freak me out.

I hate tunnels as it is, but that would just send me over the edge.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

26. My first thought was, sea level rising.