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Posted by JR on Wed Apr 26 13:35:45 2006, in response to Re: The LIRR President Speaks, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Apr 25 23:09:15 2006. Thanks.The MTA has a good description of the station here: http://mta.info/capconstr/esas/elements.html Some of the highlights from the site: FACTS AND FIGURES The largest construction project ever undertaken by the MTA, the ESA project includes: * A new 8-track terminal at GCT, the first major rail station in Manhattan in over 90 years and the largest mined underground terminal ever built in the U.S. * 2 deep, underground station caverns mined out of solid rock beneath GCT, each 85.5 feet high, 58.5 feet wide and 1,142 feet long. * Largest passenger rail terminal built in the U.S. since the late 1930s * 4 new entrances at GCT * 7 miles of tunnels along 3.5 route miles * 50,000 feet of new track in underground tunnels * 1.225 million cubic yards of excavated soil and rock * 250,000 cubic yards of poured concrete * 18,500 tons of reinforcing steel * Over 300,000 square feet of new passenger concourse and service space within GCT |
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