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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.
Direct connections for rail freight between Long Island and nearby areas of the United States have long been limited. At present, freight trains from the west and south destined for New York City (except for Staten Island, via the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge), Long Island and Connecticut must cross the Hudson River using the Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge which is 140 miles (225 km ...
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 ...
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 Port Authority's proposed increase of 63 cents would affect users of the GW Bridge, the Holland and Lincoln tunnels and other bridges.
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 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey hopes some day to transport as many as 25,000 cars annually. [ 6 ] Eliminating the Selkirk Hurdle is a primary objective of the Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel , proposed to span Upper New York Bay between Brooklyn and Jersey City, New Jersey .
RDS Delivery Service president and CEO Larry Zogby claimed congestion pricing will cost his business, run out of Long Island City in Queens to all New York boroughs, more than a million dollars ...