The Atlantic features photos from the New York MTA's "East Side Access" project:
Coming soon(ish) to New York, the “East Side Access”! Set to open in
2019, the $7 billion project is one the greatest infrastructural works
currently underway in urban America. Every day for nearly seven years
now, giant machines and teams of workers buried deep in the ground
excavate tunnels through Manhattan’s bedrock core. These tunnels will
house the future trains that will traverse the length of the new Long
Island Railroad (LIRR) line, connecting Sunnyside, Queens, to Grand
Central Terminal. At peak times, the line will route 24 trains per hour
and ferry 162,000 trips in both directions.
At present, 5.6 miles of tunnel have already been dug. The MTA recently posted images
of the construction progress, which finds workers toiling away in a
giant crater beneath Grand Central. This cavernous space will be home to
a large platform that will terminate the line.
Pretty cool. The
Sandhogs do some pretty cool
work.
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