Editing Lincoln Tunnel (section)

=== Operation of two tubes ===
[[File:APPROACH, ENTRANCE AND VENTILATION TOWERS OF THE LINCOLN TUNNEL, NEW JERSEY LOOKING SOUTHWEST - Lincoln Tunnel, Under Hudson River from New Jersey to West Thirty-ninth Street, HAER NY,31-NEYO,173-6.tif|thumb|Congestion on the New Jersey approach]]

The second tube opened at noon on February 1, 1945. The new tube was located to the north of the existing tube. The northern tube was configured to carry westbound traffic to New Jersey, while the southern tube was converted from a two-way tunnel to an eastbound-only tunnel to New York. The construction of the two tunnels had cost a combined $80 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201945%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201945%2520a%2520-%25200769.pdf |title=Tunnel Opens On Schedule |date=February 1, 1945 |work=The New York Sun |access-date=April 14, 2018 |pages=13 |via=Old Fulton New York Postcards}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/02/01/archives/new-lincoln-tube-will-open-today-north-tube-of-the-lincoln-tunnel.html |title=New Lincoln Tube Will Open Today |date=February 1, 1945 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 29, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012731/https://www.nytimes.com/1945/02/01/archives/new-lincoln-tube-will-open-today-north-tube-of-the-lincoln-tunnel.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Unlike for the first tube, there was no official ceremony, although three Port Authority officials drove through the second tube.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 2, 1945 |title=Proxy 'First' Made at Lincoln Tunnel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/02/02/archives/proxy-first-made-at-lincoln-tunnel-bronxite-leads-way-through-north.html |access-date=March 29, 2018 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012515/https://www.nytimes.com/1945/02/02/archives/proxy-first-made-at-lincoln-tunnel-bronxite-leads-way-through-north.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hodge |first=Carle |date=August 25, 1946 |title=Catan Hangs Up Record of 300 'Firsts' as Hobby |pages=7 |work=Syracuse Post-Standard |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FSyracuse%2520NY%2520Post%2520Standard%2FSyracuse%2520NY%2520Post%2520Standard%25201946%2FSyracuse%2520NY%2520Post%2520Standard%25201946%2520-%25205809.pdf |access-date=April 14, 2018 |via=Old Fulton New York Postcards |archive-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124023540/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/Syracuse%20NY%20Post%20Standard/Syracuse%20NY%20Post%20Standard%201946/Syracuse%20NY%20Post%20Standard%201946%20-%205809.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The first motorist to drive through the second tube was Michael Katen, the brother of Omero C. Catan, the first motorist to drive through the original tube in 1937.<ref name="nyt-2022-12-09" />

After World War II ended in 1945, plans for a new bus terminal on the Lincoln Tunnel's Manhattan side were revisited. The new bus terminal, which was to be built on the block bounded by 40th and 41st Streets and 8th and 9th Avenues, was approved in January 1947.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/01/31/archives/new-bus-terminal-is-approved-here-to-cost-17500000-board-of.html |title=New Bus Terminal Is Approved Here |last=Conklin |first=William R. |date=January 31, 1947 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 29, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329124235/https://www.nytimes.com/1947/01/31/archives/new-bus-terminal-is-approved-here-to-cost-17500000-board-of.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The plan was later modified to include a 500-space parking lot on its roof, which would be accessible via a series of ramps from both local streets and the Lincoln Tunnel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ingraham |first=Joseph C. |title=Roof Parking for 500 Cars Added to Bus Terminal Plan |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=March 22, 1948 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/03/22/archives/roof-parking-for-500-cars-added-to-bus-terminal-plan-port-authority.html |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211551/https://www.nytimes.com/1948/03/22/archives/roof-parking-for-500-cars-added-to-bus-terminal-plan-port-authority.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The terminal opened in 1950 as the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New Bus Terminal Has Smooth Start |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=December 16, 1950 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/12/16/archives/new-bus-terminal-has-smooth-start-coming-into-the-new-bus-terminal.html |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212747/https://www.nytimes.com/1950/12/16/archives/new-bus-terminal-has-smooth-start-coming-into-the-new-bus-terminal.html |url-status=live }}</ref>