Queens-Midtown Tunnel

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Queens-Midtown Tunnel

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Overview

Tunnel under East River on Interstate 495

Location

New York City, New York County, New York, and Queens County, New York

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1940

Builders

- Ole Singstad of Agdenes, Norway
- Walsh Construction Co.
- Walsh Construction Co. of Davenport, Iowa

Design

Tunnel

Dimensions

Total length: 6,414.0 ft. (1.2 mi.)

Also called

Midtown Tunnel

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.74527, -73.96417   (decimal degrees)
40°44'43" N, 73°57'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/587450/4510996 (zone/easting/northing)

Inventory number

BH 85991 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• January 10, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added builders and tunnel types
• January 10, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• July 20, 2019: Added by Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
• Luke

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