Queens Midtown Tunnel

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road tunnel subaqueous tunnel toll tunnel vehicular tunnel

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

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