Clifford Milburn Holland was an American civil engineer who oversaw the construction of a number of subway and automobile tunnels in New York City, and for whom the Holland Tunnel is named.
Clifford Milburn Holland
The Holland Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River that connects Hudson Square and Lower Manhattan in New York City in the east to Jersey City, New Jersey in the west. The tunnel is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and carries Interstate 78. The New Jersey side of the tunnel is the eastern terminus of New Jersey Route 139. The Holland Tunnel is one of three vehicular crossings between Manhattan and New Jersey; the two others are the Lincoln Tunnel and George Washington Bridge.
Eastbound in the Holland Tunnel in December 2019
The Jersey City entrance during rush hour in May 2010
A 1973 aerial view of the rotary with parked buses. A fifth exit was added in 2004.
Clifford Milburn Holland, the tunnel's initial engineer and for which it is named, in 1919