General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Metro tunnel / subway tunnel |
|---|---|
| Structure: |
Immersed tube tunnel |
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) tunnel |
| Construction method: |
Immersed tube method Cut-and-cover method |
Location
| Location: |
Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Queens, New York, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Address: | 63rd Street |
| Underneath of: |
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| Part of: | |
| Connects to: |
63rd Street Tunnel Connector (2001)
LIRR Manhattan Tunnel (2019) LIRR Queens Tunnel (2019) |
| Coordinates: | 40° 45' 36" N 73° 57' 18" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 11.7 m | |
| length | 960 m | |
| number of tracks | 2 x 2 | |
| immersed tube unit | length | 114 m |
| number | 4 |
Chronology
| 24 November 1969 | Construction of the 63rd Street Tunnel begins. |
|---|---|
| 10 October 1972 | Tunnel construction is completed. |
| 29 October 1989 | The tunnel is put into service, however only the subway tracks on the upper levels are used for the New York Subway F trains. |
| 2000 | Completion of the 63rd Street Tunnel Connector which links the 63rd Street Tunnel to the IND Queens Boulevard Line. |
| 17 December 2001 | The 63rd Street Tunnel Connector is put into service by shifting the route of the F train. |
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