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Long Island Sound at night, with nearby settlements marked. The Long Island Sound link is a proposed bridge or tunnel that would link Long Island, New York, to Westchester County or Connecticut, across Long Island Sound east of the Throgs Neck Bridge. The project has been studied and debated since the mid-20th century.
In 1957, a plan for a bridge to Westchester County across Long Island Sound was first proposed by Charles H. Sells, a former commissioner for the New York State Department of Public Works. His proposal for the Oyster Bay–Rye Bridge, along with the eastern Orient Point–Watch Hill Bridge were two proposed bridge routes off Long Island. Sells ...
The Gateway project includes a new two-track tunnel under the Hudson from New Jersey to Manhattan and repairs to the existing rail tunnel.
The replacement for a crumbling underwater tunnel connecting New York City and New Jersey that carries up to 200,000 people daily just received the largest-ever federal transportation grant ...
The Gateway Program is the $16.1 billion infrastructure project that will boost public transportation between New York City and New Jersey. Gateway Development Commission
part of the New York Tunnel Extension Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road (Northeast Corridor) Queens–Midtown Tunnel: 1940: 1,955 m (6,414 ft) 4 lanes of I-495 (Long Island Expressway) Steinway Tunnel: 1915 trains: 53rd Street Tunnel: 1933 trains: 60th Street Tunnel: 1920 trains: 63rd Street Tunnel: 1989: 960 m (3,140 ft) Upper level: train
The Gateway Development Commission cleared a key hurdle to let it receive $10.8 billion in federal grant money for the new rail tunnel project This NJ-NY agency can now get federal money for ...
It is used by Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), and served by several New York City Subway lines. Between 1976 and 2010 weekday train movements increased 89%, from 661 to 1,248, reaching what is considered to be capacity. [7] In 2010, the station saw 550,000 daily boardings/alightings. [11] [224] [225]