The first commuter service through the new Hudson River tunnel is planned to run about a decade from now.  But crews are busy ...

On Monday, the longest road tunnel in the contiguous United States will open here, reaching more than 200 feet at its lowest point below the city’s congested streets.

A worker stands on a pile of the last remaining rock to be blasted from the southbound section of the Lehigh Tunnel on June 15, 1990. In the rear, workers apply concrete to stabilize the tunnel.