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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel

New York County, New York, and Kings County, New York

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Manhattan Portal

Photo taken by Jim Henderson

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Street Views 

Description 

Average daily traffic is 51,000 vehicles.

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under East River on Interstate 478
Location
New York City, New York County, New York, and Kings County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1940-1950
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 9,117.0 ft. (1.7 mi.)
Also called
Hugh L. Carey Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.69012, -74.01031   (decimal degrees)
40°41'24" N, 74°00'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/583623/4504829 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jersey City
Inventory number
BH 61543 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bore Tunnel (296)
Built 1940 (1,116)
Built during 1940s (4,233)
County line crossing (533)
East River (13)
Have street view (28,917)
Interstate 478 (1)
Kings County, New York (91)
NY 27A (1)
 New York (4,893)
New York City, New York (342)
New York County, New York (142)
Open (40,968)
Over a mile long (311)
Owned by city (6,086)
Total length over 2500 feet (951)
Tunnel (1,360)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke

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