Battery Tunnel

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The Battery Tunnel, officially known as the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, is a vehicular tunnel in New York City that runs under the East River to connect Brooklyn with Lower Manhattan.

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Battery Tunnel canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf vehicular tunnel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
builtFor automobile traffic ⓘ
connects Brooklyn ⓘ
Lower Manhattan ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1940 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses East River ⓘ
designedBy Ole Singstad ⓘ
endPoint Battery Park, Manhattan ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes 4 ⓘ
hasNumberOfTubes 2 ⓘ
hasSpeedLimit approximately 45 mph ⓘ
hasTollCollection electronic tolling ⓘ
hasVentilationBuildings yes ⓘ
isOneOf longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnels in North America ⓘ
length approximately 2,779 meters ⓘ
approximately 9,117 feet ⓘ
locatedIn East River ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
locatedInBorough Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
maintainedBy MTA Bridges and Tunnels ⓘ
namedAfter The Battery (Battery Park) ⓘ
officialName Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
opened 1950 ⓘ
openingDate May 25, 1950 ⓘ
operator MTA Bridges and Tunnels ⓘ
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
ownedBy City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
partOf New York City highway system ⓘ
passesUnder New York Harbor ⓘ
previousTollCollection toll booths ⓘ
roadType interstate connector ⓘ
serves vehicular traffic ⓘ
startPoint Red Hook, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to: Red Hook
toll yes ⓘ
trafficDirection bidirectional ⓘ
usedBy buses ⓘ
cars ⓘ
trucks ⓘ

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

Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel → alsoKnownAs → Battery Tunnel ⓘ
Manhattan–Brooklyn → connectedBy → Battery Tunnel ⓘ