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Long Island Sound Tunnel
Posted: January 28, 2008 8:18 am
by drunkpirate66
A developer is proposing a shortcut from New York to New England. It would be the world's longest highway tunnel running more than 16 miles under the west end on Long Island Sound.
Holy crap!
Estimated cost . . . 10 billion . . .
so if it is anything like the Big Dig in Boston the final cost would be about 40 billion . . . seriously.
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Re: Long Island Sound Tunnel
Posted: January 28, 2008 8:23 am
by TommyBahama
i don't think i'd like being in a tunnel for 16 miles...especially under water!!...and the back up if there is a accident....that would s***!!!...now a 16 mile bridge!!
Posted: January 28, 2008 8:42 am
by CaptainP
I dunno....the the potential for that many New Yorkers underwater at the same time....
Posted: January 28, 2008 8:42 am
by Skibo
He is proposing doing it with private funds, it will probably come in under budget.
Posted: January 28, 2008 8:54 am
by thebeachbumm33
Why not do something similar to the The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 20 miles long with 2 mile long tunnels
Posted: January 28, 2008 8:54 am
by LIPH
Robert Moses wanted to build a bridge across LI Sound 40 years ago, they should have let him. That's why they built the Seafood Oyster Bed Expressway on LI, it was supposed to be the approach road for the LI side of the cross-Sound bridge.
Posted: January 28, 2008 9:08 am
by drunkpirate66
The developer's name is Vincent Polimeni and according to the Boston Globe he will recoup his costs by charging 25 bucks each way and by selling advertising . . .
Estimated time of completion . . . 2025 . . .
Posted: January 28, 2008 9:30 am
by lilsalty
LIPH wrote:Robert Moses wanted to build a bridge across LI Sound 40 years ago, they should have let him. That's why they built the Seafood Oyster Bed Expressway on LI, it was supposed to be the approach road for the LI side of the cross-Sound bridge.
I live in Seafood! hee hee ....right next to the SOB
Posted: January 28, 2008 2:40 pm
by moog
It would be funny if it's one lane each direction.
Posted: January 28, 2008 2:42 pm
by ConchRepublican
CaptainP wrote:I dunno....the the potential for that many New Yorkers underwater at the same time....
Ouch
Posted: January 28, 2008 2:42 pm
by popcornjack
Why not just pave right over the sound altogether? It's already treated like a sewer...
Re: Long Island Sound Tunnel
Posted: January 28, 2008 2:44 pm
by ConchRepublican
drunkpirate66 wrote:A developer is proposing a shortcut from New York to New England. It would be the world's longest highway tunnel running more than 16 miles under the west end on Long Island Sound.
Holy crap!
Estimated cost . . . 10 billion . . .
so if it is anything like the Big Dig in Boston the final cost would be about 40 billion . . . seriously.
Again:
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It sounds like one of those great ideas, but it would totally wreck the atmosphere of the North Fork and the Wine Country if they did something like that.
Then again, if they ran it through the Hamptons, I wouldn't mind!
Posted: January 28, 2008 7:12 pm
by ContinentalDrifterIII
I bet Big Pappi is psyched!
Posted: February 1, 2008 12:45 pm
by lilsalty
ContinentalDrifterIII wrote:I bet Big Pappi is psyched!
He's big into tunnel construction, and he thinks the LI Sound is the most glorious body of water in the universe. Go Big Papi!
Posted: February 1, 2008 7:55 pm
by missingthebeach
lilsalty wrote:I live in Seafood! hee hee ....right next to the SOB
I grew up in Levittown... drove back and forth on the SOB many times to visit my old boyfriend.