Police Escort Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Into Manhattan

New York, United States – Police escorted the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree into Manhattan as the 76-foot Norway spruce completed its 200-mile journey from upstate New York.

Footage released by the NYPD shows the tree on its trailer travelling under escort through the night, passing a Manhattan exit sign and arriving in Midtown as onlookers stop to take photos. State transportation crews earlier filmed it being lifted by crane onto the truck in West Edmeston.

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!" the NYPD wrote, thanking its Highway Unit and law enforcement partners for the delivery.

The tree, which weighs about 11 tons, arrived at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, November 7, according to Rockefeller Center. It will be lit on December 2.