Queens Midtown Tunnel

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The Queens Midtown Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel in New York City that connects Midtown Manhattan with the borough of Queens beneath the East River.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Queens–Midtown Tunnel 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road tunnel
subaqueous tunnel
toll tunnel
vehicular tunnel
addedTo National Register of Historic Places
borough Manhattan
Queens
builder New York City Tunnel Authority
city New York City
connects Midtown Manhattan
Queens
constructionStartDate 1936-10-01
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses East River
designedBy Ole Singstad
hasVentilationBuildings yes
laneConfiguration 2 lanes per tube
length 1.2 miles
about 1.9 kilometers
locatedIn New York
surface form: New York State

United States of America
surface form: United States
location New York City
maintainedBy Metropolitan Transportation Authority
surface form: MTA Bridges and Tunnels

Metropolitan Transportation Authority
namedFor Midtown Manhattan
Queens
neighborhood Hunters Point
Murray Hill
NRHPListingYear 2017
numberOfLanes 4
numberOfTubes 2
opened 1940-11-15
openedToTraffic 1940
owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority
parallelStructure Queensboro Bridge
Queens–Midtown Expressway
partOf New York City arterial highway network
surface form: New York City highway system
riverbedDepth beneath East River
serves Long Island access
Midtown Manhattan
surface form: Manhattan central business district
state New York
structureType twin-tube tunnel
toll yes
tollCollection open-road cashless tolling
tollSystem E-ZPass
mail-billed tolling
trafficType motor vehicles

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East River crossedBy Queens Midtown Tunnel
Manhattan hasTunnelConnection Queens Midtown Tunnel
this entity surface form: Queens–Midtown Tunnel