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Second Avenue is located on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan extending from Houston Street at its south end to the Harlem River Drive at 128th Street at its north end. A one-way street, vehicular traffic on Second Avenue runs southbound (downtown) only, except for a one-block segment of the avenue in Harlem.
It runs under Manhattan's Second Avenue from 65th Street to 105th Street, with stations at 72nd Street, 86th Street, and 96th Street. It is double-tracked along its entire length, with tracks in parallel tubes bored by tunnel boring machines, and central island platforms at all stations.
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Jan 1, 2017 · Jan. 1, 2017. See how this article appeared when it was originally published on NYTimes.com. • After taking nearly a century to build, the Second Avenue subway extension in Manhattan opened...
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Feb 27, 2017 · Phase 2 has already begun the process of securing funding, and if all things go according to plan, the 2029 completion date will remain. Phases 3 and 4 have yet to secure funding. The Second Avenue Subway line has been over 100 years in the making, and with the completion of Phase 1, it seems to finally be heading in the right direction.
Dec 19, 2016 · Art Underground: A First Look at the Second Avenue Subway. As the city’s newest train line nears completion, we take you into the stations along the route that will house the artwork of Chuck...
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Apr 13, 2007 · 2nd Ave. Subway History. The following timeline is from the MTA. It details the history of the ill-fated Second Ave. subway line. Early History. 1920 Daniel L. Turner of the Public Service Commission published the “Proposed Comprehensive Rapid Transit System,” which included six new north-south lines and eight new crosstown lines in Manhattan.
Jan 2, 2017 · From its inception, the Second Avenue subway was intended to ease congestion on the East Side of Manhattan. By 1929, the city was ready to award contracts on what was estimated to be an...
