WELCOME TO EHOST.COM.NP

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Subway Line, Envisioned in 1920s, Opens in New York

ads space


It’s been an on-again, off-again, “believe it when you see it” project since the Jazz Age. Construction started 45 years ago.


But New Yorkers’ long wait to take a subway under Manhattan’s far Upper East Side ends Sunday, when a stretch of the new Second Avenue line opens to the public.


A ceremonial first ride took place Saturday night for an invitation-only crowd of dignitaries, about 90 minutes before the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square.


New York Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement at 86th Street Subway Station.


New York Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement at 86th Street Subway Station.


New Yorkers ride at noon


Everyday New Yorkers get their first chance to ride at noon on New Year’s Day, an opening date Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a priority in recent weeks.


“You could say, ‘You were late. It started a hundred years ago,’” Cuomo said Friday at a tour of one of the new stations. But, he added, “we wanted to make a new and different statement as we start this new year.”


That statement, he said, was: “Yes, we can do it. This is New York.”


The nearly 2-mile segment adds stations along Second Avenue at 96th, 86th and 72nd streets and a new connection to an existing subway line at 63rd Street.


Seen as crucial to alleviating congestion in the nation’s biggest subway system, it is on a line expected to carry about 200,000 riders a day. The entire system transports about 5.6 million riders on an average weekday.


Conceived in 1929


The city’s transportation board first envisioned a Second Avenue subway in 1929, but the stock market crash and the Great Depression derailed the plan.


Ground was broken in 1972, but a fiscal crisis in the city slammed the brakes on the project again. The project finally got into high gear when major tunneling work began in 2007.


The $4.4 billion section opening Sunday was initially supposed to be completed in 2013. Delays stemmed partly from concerns about construction noise.


Next, the line is slated to expand north into East Harlem. No date has been set for starting that phase of construction.

ads space
ADS SPACE

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Categories

Article How-to All Posts WordPress Android Web design Blogger Plugins CSS Google JQuery Plugins Programming Reviews Web Hosting Blogger Blogging Blogging Tips Tricks Web Development Facebook Git Internet Make Money Online Social Plugins Tips Tips and Tricks Tools Tutorials Windows WordPress Plugins Blogging Tips and Tricks Freebies GSM Google Analytics HTML How To's JavaScript Plugin Development S.E.O SEO SMS SmartPhone Social Media Tips amp; Tricks Top-Most Updates Webmaster Tools Whatsapp Applications Apps Blogger Basics Documentary Downloads Entertainment Gadgets Games Gmail Google AdSense Guest Post IPhone Make Money Blogging SVN Security Softwares Web Hosting Tips and Tricks Wordpress Tips Wordpress Tips and Tricks hostgator iOS Advertising Networks Advertising Technology Affiliates Antivirus Audience amp; Traffic Biography Blog post Blog post Blogger Blogger Errors Blogger Tips Blogger Tools Blogger Widget Blogosphere Bogger Widgets CSS selectors CSS symbols CSS3 Computer amp; Internet Content Writing Coupon Codes Data amp; Analytics Deleted blog Design DoubleClick for Publishers Email and newsletter marketting Email marketing Excel Tips Excel Tips and Tricks Facebook Tricks Feed Feedburner Feedburner subscribers Font Fun GitHub Giveaways Gmail primary inbox Gmail tabs Google sign-in Guides HTML amp; CSS HTML5 Infographics Inspirational Instagram Internet Marketing Internet Tips amp; Tricks Job Listings Knowledge Life Hacks Lists Make-Money Monetization amp; Conversion Monetize Navigation Online Marketing Other PHP Tutorials Passport Publishing amp; Content Quotes RSS Sidebar Smartphones Social Networking Status Tech Tech Blog Technology Telegram Themes UI / UX User Psychology amp; Research VB.Net Web Tools Web browser Widget Windows Tips Windows-10 ad viewability admin notice blogging tools bluehost cherry-pick clone cors custom scrollbar customizer dismissible notices duplicate post feed title git branch git clone gpg gpg2 hybridauth iPad icon font notice responsive wordpress theme same origin policy scrollbar signed git commit smartsvn theme customizer vcs wordpress theme wordpress themes

Blog Archive