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The majestic 1.6-miles long Holland Tunnel is one of two underwater engineering marvels in Jersey City (the other being the nearby Hudson Tunnels, now part of the PATH subway system). Named after Chief Engineer Clifford M. Holland, a thirty-seven-year-old who had previously worked on the subway tunnels under the East River, the Holland Tunnel, constructed from 1920-1927 at a cost of forty-eight million dollars, was the world’s first and for many years longest underwater vehicular tunnel. Besides being listed on the National Register Historic Places, the Holland Tunnel has been named a National Historic Landmark, a National Civil Engineering Landmark, and a Mechanical Engineering Landmark.