https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f486a858-d2da-44e1-a6ac-5dc6407ef138 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com "Incredible Journey: The New Jersey Turnpike" (1972) is a color documentary film created for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the American Iron and Steel Institute, detailing the conversion of the New Jersey Turnpike into the world's first “dual‐dual” highway in 1970. Through a mix of aerial views, construction footage, and roadway scenes, the film shows how the northernmost 30 miles of the Turnpike were widened and expanded into a 12‐lane superhighway, six lanes in each direction, while also underscoring the steel industry’s role in building the roadway. Film opens (00:00). Man drives along turnpike in convertible (0:18). Aerial view widened Northern 30 miles of turnpike, opening credits begin to play (0:32). Ford-branded open auto transport carrier transports Ford Pintos along highway (1:01). Vehicles driving along highway, narrator details project funding (1:15). Section of highway where northbound and southbound lanes separated by two parallel roadways (2:08). Heavy guard rail running length of highway (2:31). Perhaps 1962 GM "Fishbowl" model TDH-5303 bus (2:50). Truck and 1966 Chevrolet Impala Cabriolet drive in same direction in parallel lanes (2:59). “Z Turns,” grate separated U-turn structures allowing for emergency and maintenance vehicles to respond to accidents (3:17). Aerial view New Jersey Turnpike (4:07). Man and machine power mobilized for New Jersey Turnpike widening project: Steam roller, Caterpillar tractor (4:27). Aerial view turnpike during early stages of expansion project (4:48). Construction crews lay steel guard rail along highway using 1967 International Loadstar 1600 Bucket Truck (5:06). Aerial view northernmost portion of highway, emphasis on urban area and desolate marsh lands roadway passes through (5:45). Silhouette of bridge infrastructure built using weathering steel (6:20). New Jersey Meadowlands at various stages of bridge construction project (6:44). Construction of sand drains, controlled underground explosion (7:13). Transporting local materials to job site using dredges, scows, suction pipes (7:30). Aerial views of meadowland, new land formations for supporting highway and bridge structures (8:00). 1962 Ford Galaxie on scenic drive through meadowland (9:10). Drain along highway shoulder, leading to network of 41 miles of galvanized corrugated steel pipe (9:24). Aerial view of turnpike, highway overpasses in early stages of construction - temporary bridges built so that cars could still use highway (9:41). Construction crews direct crane to place giant iron girder pieces (10:07). Montage materials used in bridge construction: Concrete piers and abutments, reinforced steel bars, weathering steel (10:44). Laderman Memorial Bridge over Passaic River (12:00). Lincoln Tunnel, New Jersey Entrance (12:12). George Washington Bridge (12:18). Further applications of steel in construction of turnpike (12:40). Laderman Memorial Bridge (13:39). Hackensack Bridge (13:56). Goethals Bridge (14:01). New York City Skyline (14:07). Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (14:13). POV driving along perhaps NJ Turnpike Newark Bay Bridge (14:16). Statue of Liberty in distance, view of Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan as car turns along Newark Bay extension (14:25). Perhaps Douglas DC-8-62 takes off from Newark Airport (14:48). Newark-Port Elizabeth complex, meeting point of various forms of commercial transport: Commercial container ship, truck, plane, railroad depot (14:58). 1966 International Fleetstar 2000 truck pulls into toll booth (15:17). Woodbridge Interchange (15:57). Traffic along Turnpike (vehicles i.e. 1963 GMC DFW7000 Tandem Truck, VW Beetle) (16:31). Safety features along roadway: Speed limit monitor, construction warning sign (17:30). State Trooper on patrol (17:41). 1968 Oldsmobile 98 Luxury Sedan (18:03). 1970 American LaFrance Closed Cab Pumper fire truck responds to fire (18:20). Driver opens hood of broken down 1968 Chevrolet Caprice Station Wagon on shoulder of highway (18:34). Various tow trucks responding to broken down vehicles (18:38). 1973 Cadillac Superior Ambulance responds to accident (18:59). Gas and Service Station, commercial trucks parked to rest (19:07). CITGO-branded service truck on highway (19:19). POV as motorist passing through toll booth, view of Empire State Building in distance (19:37). Cumulative montage of scenes from along turnpike (20:02). Closing credits (21:07). Film ends (21:22). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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