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Amtrak - East River Tunnels

Queens County, New York

Map 

Description 

East portals for Lines 1 and 3: 40.7429°N 73.9450°W

East portal for Line 2: 40.7421°N 73.9483°W

East portal for Line 4: 40.74305°N 73.94585°W

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under East River on Amtrak
Location
New York City, Queens County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910,
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Commuter Rail
- Long Island Railroad (LIRR)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Pennsylvania Tunnel & Terminal Railroad (PT&T)
- Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York Railroad (PNJ&NY)
- Pennsylvania, New York & Long Island Railroad (PNY&LI)
Design
Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74208, -73.94831   (decimal degrees)
40°44'31" N, 73°56'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/588793/4510657 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brooklyn
Inventory number
BH 68719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (443)
Built 1910 (1,057)
Built during 1910s (8,931)
Commuter Rail (426)
East River (11)
Long Island Railroad (54)
New York (3,383)
New York City, New York (296)
Northeast Corridor (150)
 Open (37,482)
Owned by railroad (10,240)
Pennsylvania Railroad (533)
Pennsylvania Tunnel & Terminal Railroad (1)
Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York Railroad (1)
Pennsylvania, New York & Long Island Railroad (1)
Queens County, New York (73)
Railroad (13,554)
Tunnel (1,183)

Update Log 

  • July 30, 2015: Added by Luke

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