NYCTA - 53rd Street Tunnel

Photo

Photo taken by MTA New York City Transit / Leonard Wiggins

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #338400

Overview: Tunnel under East River on IND Queens Boulevard Line
Location: New York City, New York County, New York
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1932
Railroads: - Independent Subway System (IND; ISS)
- New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA)
- Rapid Transit
- Subway
Design: Tunnel
Dimensions: Total length: 5,589.0 ft. (1.1 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.75410, -73.96041 (decimal degrees)
40°45'15" N, 73°57'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/587756/4511980 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Central Park
Inventory number: BH 69472 (Bridgehunter.com ID)