HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEW JERSEY (part 2)
9> BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
1927-1957-It is difficult to imagine, but until 87 years ago you needed to travel by water to connect between New Jersey and New York City. Then in 1927, New Jersey welcomed the Holland Tunnel, named after it's chief engineer, Clifford Holland. In 1931 The George Washington Bridge was inaugurated. In 1962 the lower deck was attached. Still the world's busiest bridge, the GWB transports well over 100 million vehicles a year. The first tube of the Lincoln Tunnel opened in 1937. A second tube, delayed by World War II, opened in 1945, and a third tube was completed in 1957.
10> HITTING THE ROADS
The 1950's. New Jersey has two great roads that traverse the state from North to South: The New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. The main line of the Turnpike (the busiest road in the world) was completed in 1952, the Parkway was done 5 years later.
11> CULTRUAL PROMINENCE
By now, who doesn't know that New Jersey has spawned more artists and entertainers than virtually any other state in America. Starting with Frank Sinatra (Hoboken) or Count Basie (Red Bank); Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Joe Piscopo, Meryl Streep (Summit) Jack Nicholson (Neptune) Susan Sarandon, (Edison), The Four Seasons The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, and what about the 2014 Super Bowl at Met-Life Stadium. New Jerseyans have always appreciated our state and now most of the rest of the world does too. So What if it has taken 350 years.
These brief recollections of events have been excerpted from a wonderful article written by Michael Aaron Rockland, for the 1/4/14 issue of New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Suggested reading.
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