Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781230489872

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Second Avenue Subway, Gateway Project, Access to the Region's Core, World Trade Center, 7 Subway Extension, Fulton Street Transit Center, Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel, East Side Access, Lower Manhattan - Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project, Staten Island light rail, Dey Street Passageway, Staten Island Tunnel, 72nd Street, 96th Street, 86th Street, Chatham Square, 42nd Street, 106th Street, 116th Street, 14th Street, 34th Street, 55th Street, 23rd Street, Hanover Square. Excerpt: The Second Avenue Subway (SAS) is a planned rapid transit subway line, part of the New York City Subway system. Phase I, consisting of two miles (3 km) of tunnel and three stations, is currently under construction underneath Second Avenue in the borough of Manhattan. A plan for more than 75 years, the Second Avenue Subway tunnelling contract was awarded to the consortium of Schiavone/Shea/Skanska by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on March 20, 2007. This followed preliminary engineering and a final tunnel design completed by a joint venture between DMJM Harris and Arup. This contract, and the full funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration which was received in November 2007, for Phase I of the project, a newly-built line connected to the BMT 63rd Street Line to 96th Street and 2nd Avenue. The total cost of the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) line is expected to be over $17 billion. A ceremonial ground-breaking for the Second Avenue Subway was held on April 12, 2007 and the contractor prepared the initial construction site at 96th Street on April 23, 2007. A tunnel boring machine (TBM) was originally expected to arrive six to eight months after construction began, but the utility relocation and excavation required to create its "launch box" delayed its deployment until May 2010. As of May 2010 the TBM launch box was...