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MTA Bridges and Tunnels. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ( TBTA ), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume.
The North Shore Connector is a light-rail extension opened in 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The connector extends the Pittsburgh Light Rail system from its previous terminus at Gateway Center Station in the Central Business District to the new North Side Station and Allegheny Station on the North Shore by way of a tunnel under the Allegheny River.
Electrified. 1909. Grade. 5.86%. Mount Washington Transit Tunnel is an important public transportation link in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The 3,492-foot (1,064 m) [1] [2] tunnel connects Station Square to South Hills Junction, and is used only by Pittsburgh Light Rail cars and buses of the Port Authority of Allegheny County.
A crane hoists a Pittsburgh Transit Authority bus on Monday Jan. 31, 2022, that was trapped on the Fern Hollow Bridge when it collapsed on Jan 28, 2022.
Pittsburgh Light Rail. The Pittsburgh Light Rail (commonly known as The T) is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) light rail system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and surrounding suburbs. It operates as a deep-level subway in Downtown Pittsburgh, but runs mostly at-grade in the suburbs south of the city. The system is largely linear in a north-south direction ...
Tolls on MTA bridges and tunnels are set to go up just after midnight on Sunday — and the percentage amount of the hike is greater than that planned for subway and bus fares. E-ZPass tolls for ...
About 45,000 vehicles use the Liberty Tunnel on an average day, according to PennDOT. Becky Brindle , Patch Staff Posted Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:29 pm ET | Updated Tue, May 7, 2013 at 12:40 pm ET
The Verrazano Bridge is owned by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Company bondholders, who financed its construction more than 50 years ago. It is operated by the TBTA's successor, MTA Bridges and ...
13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) The Wabash Tunnel is a former railway tunnel and presently an automobile tunnel through Mt. Washington in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed early in the 20th century by railroad magnate George J. Gould for the Wabash Railroad, it was closed to trains and cars between 1946 and 2004.
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. The bridge was a part of a program to develop Jamaica Bay as a recreational area instead of an industrial port. The bridge opened in 1925, at a cost of $7 million (equivalent to $97 ...