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Eastern portal of 178th St tunnel. The 178th and 179th Street Tunnels are two disused vehicular tunnels in Upper Manhattan in New York City.Originally conceived and constructed under the auspices of Robert Moses, the twin tunnels have been superseded by the Trans-Manhattan Expressway in Washington Heights, which itself runs through a cut with high-rise apartments built over it in places.
New York City is home to many bridges and tunnels. Several agencies manage this network of crossings. The New York City Department of Transportation owns and operates almost 800. [1] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Department of Transportation and Amtrak have many others.
Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; ... Pages in category "Tunnels in New York City" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
But on Tuesday, the synagogue remained closed off by police barricades as New York City building safety agents inspected whether a tunnel dug without official permission may have caused structural ...
The tunnel was the world's first mechanically ventilated tunnel. Subterranean New York City relates to the area beneath the surface level of New York City; the natural features, man-made structures, spaces, objects, and cultural creation and experience. Like other subterranea, the underground world of New York City has been the basis of TV ...
Jennifer Toth's 1993 book The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City, [4] written while she was an intern at the Los Angeles Times, was promoted as a true account of travels in the tunnels and interviews with tunnel dwellers. The book helped canonize the image of the mole people as an ordered society living literally under ...
Voices in the Tunnels (Formerly titled "In Search of the Mole People") is a 2008 documentary directed by Vic David, a New York City filmmaker and a graduate from New York University. It explores the lives of people who lived in the New York City Subway tunnels.
Photos show the inside of the well-preserved hidden tunnels. Secret underground passageways discovered in ruins of 4,300-year-old city in China Skip to main content