Have you ever wondered about the construction techniques being used to build the Second Avenue subway?
Now you can learn more by visiting the MTA's Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center (CIC), which recently unveiled its new exhibit: En Route: The Techniques and Technologies Used to Build the Second Avenue Subway.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
5/23/2104
Twenty images from the opening day of the exhibit can be found in this link:
CIC Exhibit
The second of the CIC’s biannual exhibits uses interactive and static displays to demonstrate 13 of the construction technologies used to build the Second Avenue Subway.
Techniques such as tunnel boring, controlled blasting, cut and cover excavation, air scrubbers, and ground freezing are explained through photos, videos, and animations in an interactive exhibit using iPads to control wide screen displays.
An entire wall of the CIC displays a cross section of the project from 63rd Street to 104th Street to illustrate the bedrock profile under the surface and the techniques used to cut through it and excavate above it.
A virtual tour of the 86th Street cavern and tunnel is included in the new exhibit. Also part of the exhibit, the CIC showcases two new models: a replica of the tunnel boring machine and a scale model of the 96th Street station.
Want to learn more? Visit the CIC to see the exhibit first hand:
When:
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 8 p.m.
2nd Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where:
The CIC is located at 1628 Second Avenue, between 84th and 85th Streets.
The nearest subway stop is the 86th Street station on the 4/5/6 Lexington Avenue Line.
Admission:
Free
Here's a listing of recent additions
to the right-hand column of The Launch Box:
"All Aboard? 2nd Ave Subway Set to Transform Retail"
By Gus Delaporte
Commercial Observer - 5/22/14
"MTA chief: 'Too early to tell' about 2nd Ave subway Phase II' "
By Dan Rivoli
amNY - 5/21/14
"Man proposes to girlfriend in unfinished subway tunnel"
By Rebecca Harshbarger
New York Post - 5/18/14
"2nd Ave subway line construction is progressing: officials"
By Caitlin Nolan
NY Daily News - 5/16/14
"Woman Killed by School Bus on Upper East Side, Officials Say"
By Janon Fisher, Lisha Arino and Ben Fractenberg
DNAinfo New York - 5/8/14
SAS Quarterly Report - 4Q2013
MTA Capital Construction
PDF published 5/8/2014
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MTA Second Avenue Subway Newsletter
Volume XXV, May 2014
Lex Av/63rd St Station Area
72nd St Station Area
86th St Station Area
96th St Station Area
Off Topic
San Fransisco TBM Time-lapse Video
Here's a nice time-lapse video that shows the assembly, launch, and tunneling of tunnel boring machine (TBM) Mom Chung:
TBM Mom Chung Launch and Tunneling
Official YouTube portal for the Central Subway Project
12/4/2013
This Robbins TBM is being used to mine the southbound tunnel of the Central Subway project in San Francisco.
From additional information on this project check out this link:
http://www.centralsubwaysf.com/
