Park Avenue Viaduct

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The Park Avenue Viaduct is an elevated roadway in Midtown Manhattan that carries traffic around Grand Central Terminal, connecting Park Avenue across 42nd Street.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Park Avenue Viaduct canonical 2
Pershing Square Viaduct 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elevated roadway
transport infrastructure
viaduct
adjacentTo Chanin Building
surface form: Pershing Square Building
associatedWith Grand Central Terminal
carries Park Avenue NERFINISHED
road traffic
connects Park Avenue north of Grand Central Terminal
Park Avenue south of Grand Central Terminal
constructionStart 1917
crosses East 42nd Street
crossesOver Pershing Square
designer Warren and Wetmore
hasAlternativeName Grand Central Terminal viaduct
surface form: Park Avenue Bridge around Grand Central
hasBorough Manhattan
hasCity New York City
hasCulturalSignificance New York City landmark streetscape
hasDeckType road deck
hasDirection northbound
southbound
hasLanes 2
hasNotableFeature elevated roadway encircling Grand Central Terminal
ramps connecting to 42nd Street
hasStructureType steel viaduct
hasTrafficRole distributes Park Avenue traffic around Grand Central Terminal
hasUrbanContext Midtown business district
integratedWith Grand Central Terminal urban design
location Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
New York City
surface form: New York

New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation
opened 1919
partOf Park Avenue NERFINISHED
passesBy Helmsley Building
MetLife Building
passesOver East 42nd Street
Park Avenue Tunnel (railroad)
runsAround Grand Central Terminal
usedBy automobiles
buses
taxis
visibleFrom Grand Central Terminal
Pershing Square
surface form: Pershing Square Plaza

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Park Avenue Bridge locatedNear Park Avenue Viaduct
Grand Central Terminal hasPart Park Avenue Viaduct
this entity surface form: Pershing Square Viaduct
MetLife Building overlooks Park Avenue Viaduct