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The tunnel, like many other New York City tunnels, was flooded by the high storm surge. It remained closed for several days, opening for buses only on November 2 and to all traffic on November 7. [212] [213] In February 2018, the PANYNJ approved a $364 million project to repair flood damage from the hurricane.
Opened in 1927, the Holland Tunnel was the world's first mechanically ventilated underwater vehicular tunnel. The Brooklyn Bridge , Williamsburg Bridge , George Washington Bridge , and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge were the world's longest suspension bridges when opened in 1883, [ 2 ] 1903, [ 3 ] 1931, [ 4 ] and 1964 [ 5 ] respectively.
The tunnel will serve as a backup to Water Tunnel No. 1, completed in 1917, and Water Tunnel No. 2, completed in 1936. [1] Water Tunnel No. 3 is the largest capital construction project in New York City history. [2] Construction began in 1970. [3]
New York City broke ground this week on a $1.9 billion tunnel project that will improve the water supply system in NYC and Westchester. Two-mile tunnel from Kensico Reservoir will be largest in ...
New York City Subway tunnels: Fort George Tunnel, IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1 train), 2 miles of rock tunnel from 157th Street to Dyckman Street, the second-longest two-track tunnel in the country (after the Hoosac Tunnel) when completed in 1906. 14th Street Tunnel, BMT Canarsie Line (L train) under East River between Manhattan and ...
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3: New York State, United States 96,560 m (60.000 mi) 2032 [92] More water supply for New York City. Partially in use. Metro Paris Métro Line 15: Paris/Île-de-France, France 75,000 m (46.603 mi) 2025–2030 Circular line Water Supply Xianglushan Tunnel Yunnan, China 62,596 m (38.895 mi) 2026
The partially-completed New York City Water Tunnel No. 3, the largest capital construction project in New York City's history (see Ongoing repairs and upgrades). [27] It starts at Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, New York then crosses under Central Park in Manhattan, to reach Fifth Avenue at 78th Street.
It took six years to complete the 23.5-mile Channel Tunnel, and if a transatlantic tunnel is constructed at the same pace, the underwater marvel would take an astonishing 782 years, according to ...