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The Queens–Midtown Tunnel (often referred to as the Midtown Tunnel) [2] [3] is a vehicular tunnel under the East River in New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The tunnel consists of a pair of tubes, each carrying two lanes.
A colored postcard of the Palisades c. 1898. The Palisades appear on the first European map of the New World, made by Gerardus Mercator in 1541 based on the description given him by Giovanni da Verrazzano, [14] who suggested they look like a "fence of stakes".
Visual flight rules on the river corridors by Manhattan have been subject to considerable debate since the 2006 New York City plane crash, in which New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into an apartment building while flying using visual flight rules on the East River. [6] This was the first aircraft collision over the Hudson River since ...
Shafts connecting to Stage Two of the tunnel in Hudson Square, Lower Manhattan.. Stage Two was built using tunnel boring machines [7] and comprises two sections. The Brooklyn and Queens section runs 10 miles (16 km) and begins in Red Hook, Brooklyn, where it connects to the Richmond Tunnel for Staten Island.
The Downtown Hudson Tubes (formerly the Cortlandt Street Tunnel [2]) are a pair of tunnels that carry PATH trains under the Hudson River in the United States, between New York City to the east and Jersey City, New Jersey, to the west. The tunnels run between the World Trade Center station on the New York side and the Exchange Place station on ...
The PATH system pre-dates the New York City Subway's first underground line, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad (H&M) was planned in 1874, but it was not possible at that time to safely tunnel under the Hudson River.
Further south along the Hudson River, the Lincoln Tunnel and Holland Tunnel (Interstate 78/Route 139) also enter Manhattan. [242] Both tunnels are operated by the Port Authority, which collects tolls from drivers crossing the Hudson River eastbound toward New York City. [243]
The southern piers are now part of the Hudson River Park while the northern piers make up the Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex. Construction of the complex began on July 12, 1994 in ceremonies attended by New York Governor Mario Cuomo, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger. [1]