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What are the two tunnels in New York?

Lincoln Tunnel connects midtown Manhattan to Weehawken New Jersey. Williamsburgh Bridge connects lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Holland Tunnel connects lower Manhattan to New Jersey.



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The island of Manhattan is connected to the rest of the world through 21 bridges and 15 tunnels. The bridges range in complexity from the comparatively simple Harlem River swing bridges to the grandeur of the Brooklyn Bridge and cover a hundred years of bridge construction technology and social change.

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Technically called “Tunnel Street,” the three-block-long passage is the city's only underground street, according to 6sqft. It serves as a Broadway entrance to the 191st Street subway station, which, at 175 feet underground, is the deepest in the system.

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Also known as the Cobble Hill tunnel, the half-mile Atlantic Avenue tunnel is not only the oldest subway tunnel in NYC but also the world. Running beneath Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue, it was first built in 1844 and was sealed off in 1861.

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The Cobble Hill Tunnel (also known as the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel) is an abandoned Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) tunnel beneath Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City, running through the neighborhoods of Downtown Brooklyn and Cobble Hill.

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The Twin Bores 15, 1968, and was completed five years later on Mar. 8, 1973. The Eisenhower Tunnel celebrates a big milestone of Connecting Colorado for 50 Years as of March 8, 2023. This bore was originally called the Straight Creek Tunnel, and later was officially named the Eisenhower Memorial Bore.

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While some of NYC's old tunnels and stations seem to have been neglected for good, many are reused—like the abandoned tunnel below Central Park that became part of the Second Avenue subway—and repurposed, as graffiti canvases, art galleries, party spaces, or even a VIP entrance to one of New York's most luxurious ...

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10 of the world's greatest tunnels
  • Seikan Tunnel (Japan) — ...
  • Bund Sightseeing Tunnel (China) — ...
  • Gotthard Base Tunnel (Switzerland) — ...
  • Lærdal Tunnel (Norway) — ...
  • Channel Tunnel (UK and France) — ...
  • Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line (Japan) — ...
  • Eisenhower Tunnel (Colorado) — ...
  • Spiralen tunnel (Norway) —


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Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey Cappadocia city, located in central Turkey, is home to no less than 36 underground cities, and at a depth of approx. 85 m, Derinkuyu is the deepest.

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Cappadocia city, located in central Turkey, is home to no less than 36 underground cities, and at a depth of approx. 85 m, Derinkuyu is the deepest.

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