The Tunnel to Nowhere
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The Tunnel to Nowhere is a long-maligned segment of New York City's IND 63rd Street subway line that was notorious for years for its limited connectivity and underuse despite massive construction costs.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nickname
ⓘ
subway infrastructure segment ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
63rd Street Tunnel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Avenue Subway plans ⓘ |
| becameBetterIntegratedAfter |
connection to Queens Boulevard Line in 2001
ⓘ
opening of 63rd Street Connector ⓘ |
| builtBy | New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
high construction cost
ⓘ
limited connectivity ⓘ underuse ⓘ |
| connects |
63rd Street in Manhattan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queensboro Plaza area (via later connections) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1989 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1969 ⓘ |
| cost | over one billion US dollars (approximate, in late-20th-century dollars) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedFor |
incomplete integration into subway network
ⓘ
low ridership in early years ⓘ poor cost–benefit ratio ⓘ |
| crosses | East River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundedBy | federal urban transit programs ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
boondoggle
ⓘ
white elephant ⓘ |
| hasStation |
21st Street–Queensbridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
57th Street (63rd Street Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lexington Avenue–63rd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| initiallyLacked |
direct connection to Queens Boulevard Line
ⓘ
direct connection to other major trunk lines ⓘ |
| initiallyTerminatedAt | 21st Street–Queensbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lineType | rapid transit line ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ Queens ⓘ |
| mediaNickname | The Tunnel to Nowhere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nicknameFor | IND 63rd Street Line (initial segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | long delay between construction and full utilization ⓘ |
| opened | 1989 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
MTA New York City Transit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| partOf |
IND 63rd Street Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City Subway ⓘ |
| planningEra | 1960s ⓘ |
| publicPerceptionChanged | from failure to useful crosstown link after full connection ⓘ |
| servedBy |
F train
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
N train (via later service patterns) NERFINISHED ⓘ Q train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportMode | subway ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructure | 63rd Street Tunnel under East River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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