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The daytime scheduled maintenance requiring full lane closures at MTA bridges and tunnels will be suspended beginning at 1 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Tuesday and critical roadwork may be permitted ...
The 63rd Street Tunnel is a double-deck subway and railroad tunnel under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens in New York City. Opened in 1989, it is the newest of the East River tunnels, as well as the newest rail river crossing in the New York metropolitan area .
The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) is the agency of the government of New York City [1] responsible for the management of much of New York City's transportation infrastructure. Ydanis Rodriguez is the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, [ 2 ] and was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams on January 1, 2022. [ 3 ]
The bridge is part of the Henry Hudson Parkway, New York State Route 9A. To its west, at five feet above water level, is the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge, which is used by Amtrak trains to Albany, New York and other points north. The Spuyten Duyvil Metro-North station is under the Henry Hudson Bridge on the Bronx side.
The tunnel was built as part of the Dual Contracts, which expanded the current New York City Subway system greatly.The original plan provided for trackage over the Queensboro Bridge, which spans the East River from about 59th Street in Manhattan to Queens Plaza in Queens.
Public Authorities Law (PAL) §1279 authorizes and directs the MTA Inspector General to independently review the operations of the MTA and its constituent agencies: New York City Transit Authority, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, MTA Bridges and Tunnels, MTA Bus, and MTA Capital Construction. [1]
MTA Seizes Cars Of Scofflaws Owing $600K In Tolls, Officials Say - New York City, NY - Twenty cars owned by "persistent toll violators" were seized Monday along the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, MTA ...
[4] [5] The bridge was intended to save travel time for people in Manhattan traveling to the Rockaways. [4] The bridge was designed by the engineering firm of Madigan-Hyland. Contractor J. Rich Steers, Inc., built the bridge for the New York City Parkway Authority, which was later merged into the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.