Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel

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The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel is a major vehicular tunnel in New York City that runs under the East River, connecting Brooklyn with Lower Manhattan.

All labels observed (10)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road tunnel ⓘ
subaqueous tunnel ⓘ
toll tunnel ⓘ
vehicular tunnel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Brooklyn–Battery Vehicular Tunnel ⓘ
BrooklynPortalLocatedIn Red Hook ⓘ
builtUsing tunnel-boring and shield methods ⓘ
carries four lanes of traffic ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ
connects Brooklyn ⓘ
Lower Manhattan ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1940 ⓘ
constructionSuspendedDuring World War II ⓘ
crosses East River ⓘ
designedBy Ole Singstad ⓘ
hasEmergencyExits yes ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes 4 ⓘ
hasNumberOfTubes 2 ⓘ
hasPortal Brooklyn portal ⓘ
Manhattan portal ⓘ
hasSpeedLimit approximately 45 mph ⓘ
hasVentilationBuildings yes ⓘ
jurisdiction State of New York ⓘ
length approximately 1.73 miles ⓘ
approximately 2.779 km ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York

United States ⓘ
locatedUnder East River bed ⓘ
longestWhenOpened longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in the world ⓘ
maintainedBy MTA Bridges and Tunnels ⓘ
ManhattanPortalLocatedIn Battery Park City vicinity ⓘ
opened 1950-05-25 ⓘ
operatedBy Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ⓘ
owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
partOf New York City highway network ⓘ
New York State Route 27 ⓘ
passesUnder New York Harbor ⓘ
reopenedForConstruction 1946 ⓘ
serves commuters between Brooklyn and Manhattan ⓘ
subjectTo flood protection measures ⓘ
toll yes ⓘ
tollCollectionMethod electronic tolling ⓘ
tollPlazaLocation Brooklyn portal ⓘ
trafficDirection bidirectional ⓘ
usedFor commercial vehicles ⓘ
private vehicles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hugh L. Carey Tunnel → formerlyKnownAs → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Hugh L. Carey Tunnel → hasFormerName → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
East Side of Manhattan → connectedByTunnelTo → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Hurricane Sandy flooding in 2012 → location → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel → alsoKnownAs → Brooklyn–Battery Vehicular Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
Ole Singstad → notableWork → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel design ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
Manhattan–Brooklyn → hasMajorTunnel → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Columbia Street Waterfront District → transportationBarrier → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel approach ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
West Side Highway → connectsTo → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel approaches ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway → connectsTo → Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
Brooklyn portal → partOf → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Brooklyn portal → tunnelNameAtTimeOfConstruction → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Brooklyn portal → openedWith → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel opening ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
Brooklyn portal → isGatewayTo → Manhattan via Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
Battery Tunnel → officialName → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Battery Tunnel → alsoKnownAs → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Battery Tunnel → alsoKnownAs → Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority → operates → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Interstate 278 → connectsTo → Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel via I-478 ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
Long Island → hasTunnelConnection → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
subject linked to: Long Island, New York
New York State Route 9A → connectsTo → Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel approaches ⓘ
subject linked to: 9A
linked to: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel