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With a cost of $80 million (equivalent to $804 million in 2023 [26]), the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel was also dubbed the most expensive tunnel in the United States. [192] It was expensive enough that the TBTA had been forced to look around the world for a company that could cover the tunnel's $33.5-million (equivalent to $337 million in 2023 ...
The Battery Park Underpass was completed in 1951, indirectly connecting to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. [30] The South Street Viaduct, connecting the at-grade parkway north of Grand Street to the Battery Park Underpass and Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel at the southern tip of Manhattan, was completed in May 1954, [31] replacing the at-grade segment. [2]
[14] [23] The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel connecting Manhattan's Battery Park to Brooklyn was completed in 1950. [24] By 1960, an extension of the West Side Elevated Highway south to the Manhattan tunnel portal became part of NY 27A, [25] which had ended in Brooklyn prior to the construction of the tunnel. [26]
[31] [32] Moses had proposed a third bridge, the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge, on the site of what is now the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. [33] [34] The United States Department of War ultimately rejected the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge as an impediment to shipping, since it would obstruct access from the New York Harbor to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. [35] [36]
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A truck driver ignored cops’ warnings Thursday that his tractor-trailer was too big to make it through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel — and yes, he got stuck, plugging traffic between Brooklyn ...
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States.The E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG) consists of member agencies in several states, which use the same technology and allow travelers to use the same transponder on toll roads throughout the network.