DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of vehicles coming out of Lincoln Tunnel tubes prior to official opening of north tube, Weehawken, January 31, 1945. 7" x 9" print. Photograph by news service, not individually identified. Reverse has typewritten paper label; inkstamps for date and use type; modern inventory label; pencil editor's or printer's markup. Label text: 749995 ... New York Bureau New Lincoln Tunnel[s] Tube to Open New York City - The north tube of the Lincoln Tunnel (shown at left) will be officially opened noon, February 1st, for westbound traffic to Weehawken, N.J. At the same time, the south tube, which has been in use since February, 1940 [incorrect - see below] will become a two-lane, one-way roadfor eastbound traffic from Weehawken to Manhattan. BU Credit Line (ACMF) 1/31/45 [inkstamp] Feb 18 1945 [large inkstamp] ROTO Note: there is a large, but faded and illegible red inkstamp of the news service. A news photo intended for newspaper or magazine publication. The south tube (right) opened to regular traffic on December 22, 1937 (not February 1940 as the label stated; it may have been confused with the Queens Midtown Tunnel which opened on Nov. 15, 1940.) The north tube was not completed until 1944 and opened on Feb. 1, 1945. Prior to that date the south tube was used for two-way traffic; after the opening of the third tube in 1957, it became known as the center tube. Car exiting north tube; truck south tube.