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32:1-119.  Control of Holland tunnel vested in port authority; interstate vehicular crossing;  additional bridges and tunnels;  second deck of George Washington Bridge not additional bridge;  approaches
    In furtherance of the aforesaid policy, and in partial effectuation of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the 2 said States for the development of the said Port of New York District, the control, operation, tolls and other revenues of the vehicular tunnel, known as the Holland Tunnel, under the Hudson  river between the city of Jersey City and the city of New York, shall be vested  in the Port Authority as hereinafter provided; and the Port Authority is  hereby authorized and empowered to construct, own, maintain and operate an  interstate vehicular crossing under the Hudson river to consist of 3 tubes  (hereinafter called the Midtown Hudson Tunnel), together with such approaches  thereto and connections with highways as the Port Authority may deem necessary  or desirable.

    The Port Authority shall from time to time make studies, surveys and investigations to determine the necessity and practicability of vehicular bridges and tunnels over or under interstate waters within the said Port of New  York District, in addition to the said Midtown Hudson Tunnel and Holland Tunnel  and to the George Washington Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing and  Bayonne Bridge, and report to the Governors and Legislatures of the 2 States  thereon.  The Port Authority shall not proceed with the construction of any  such additional vehicular bridges and tunnels over or under said interstate  waters, until hereafter expressly authorized by the 2 said States, but the  second deck of the George Washington Bridge shall be considered an addition and  improvement to the said bridge and not such an additional vehicular bridge, and  the Port Authority's power and authorization to construct, own, maintain and  operate said second deck for highway vehicular or rail rapid transit traffic or  both is hereby acknowledged and confirmed.

    Except as may be agreed upon between the Port Authority and the municipality  in which they shall be located, the approaches to the George Washington Bridge  hereafter constructed on the New York side shall be located as follows:   between Amsterdam Avenue and Pinehurst Avenue, the approaches shall be located  between West 178th Street and West 179th Street;  between Pinehurst Avenue and  Cabrini Boulevard, the approaches shall be between West 178th Street and West  180th Street;  between Cabrini Boulevard and Haven Avenue, the approaches shall  be between West 177th Street and the line parallel to the northerly side of  West 180th Street and 125 feet north of the building line on the north side  thereof;  between Haven Avenue and Service Street north of the George  Washington Bridge, the approaches shall be between the Bridge and an extension  of the building line on the northerly side of West 180th Street.  Except as so  limited, the Port Authority may effectuate such approaches, connections,  highway extensions or highway improvements as it shall deem necessary or  desirable in relation to the George Washington Bridge, located in or extending  across the counties in which such bridge is located, and in its discretion, may  do so by agreement with any other public agency;  such agreement may provide for the construction, ownership, maintenance or operation of such approaches,  connections or highway extensions or highway improvements by such other public  agency.

     L.1931, c. 4, s. 2, p. 19.  Amended by L.1954, c. 11, p. 58, s. 1; L.1956, c.  156, p. 626, s. 1.