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Amtrak - "Freedom" Tunnel
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Photo taken by Timothy Vogel
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
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BH Photo #265828
Description
The tunnel's nickname "Freedom" stems from the graffiti artist Chris "Freedom" Pape, who used the tunnel walls to create some of his most notable pieces of artwork. The nickname is also likely a reference to the former shantytowns built within the tunnel by homeless populations seeking shelter and freedom to live rent-free and unsupervised by law enforcement. Extends from 72nd Street to 123rd Street.
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on Railroad (Amtrak) under Riverside Park
- Location
- New York City, New York County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built in the 1930s
- Builder
- - Robert Moses of New Haven, Connecticut (Designer)
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 14,000.0 ft. (2.7 mi.)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.81448, -73.96420 (decimal degrees)
40°48'52" N, 73°57'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/587356/4518678 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Central Park
- Inventory number
- BH 57858 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 4, 2013: Added by Luke Harden