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NYC’s newest rail tunnels under Grand Central Terminal: Latest East Side Access photos

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  • New York, NY - Vince DeNina, Inspector on the East Side Access tunnel project, walks along work tracks of Tunnel B/C in Queens, in the tunnel that now extends to and just 6 feet under the LIRR main tracks in Long Island City with underground tunneling now complete (this is the end where tunneling machines enter, 50 feet below the street). Pipes in the tunnel provide fresh air and others transport fluids and slurry as part of the process. MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota announced that the last drilling machine completed work on July 22 in tunnel B/C as part of the East Side Access project on the Queens side. A TBM drilling/tunneling machine named
    Photo Credit: Newsday Craig Ruttle
  • A construction worker walks along the eastbound cavern of the East Side Access about 70 feet below street level under Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan on Jan. 28, 2010. As of April 28, 2014, the project, which originally began in 2001, is now scheduled to be completed by 2023.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Work continues on the Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access project, one of the largest transportation infrastructure projects currently underway in the United States. This photo was taken during a press tour Nov. 4, 2015, that started at Grand Central Terminal and went north under Park Avenue to East 50th Street.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • A construction worker walks in a tunnel between the eastbound and westbound caverns of the East Side Access about 70 feet below street level, under Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan on Jan. 28, 2010.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • New York, NY - Vince DeNina, Inspector on the East Side Access tunnel project, walks towards Tunnel B/C in Queens, the tunnel that now extends to and just 6 feet under the LIRR main tracks in Long Island City with underground tunneling now complete several feet from this entrance (this is the end where tunneling machines enter, 50 feet below the street). MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota announced that the last drilling machine completed work on July 22 in tunnel B/C as part of the East Side Access project on the Queens side. A TBM drilling/tunneling machine named
    Photo Credit: Newsday Craig Ruttle
  • A work train, far right, exits tunnel B/C at the Queens work area, where TBM machines have been tunneling below street level as part of the East Side Access project on July 26, 2012.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • The East Side Access project takes shape under the streets of Manhattan on Nov. 4, 2015. When completed East Side Access will allow Long Island Rail Road trains to travel to Grand Central Terminal. Currently, Manhattan-bound travelers can only go to Penn Station on the West Side.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Work continues of the Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access project on Nov. 4, 2015 in New York City. It will allow the LIRR to run trains to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan instead of just Penn Station.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal on May 4, 2011. ” data-id=”13245191″ data-link=”https://cdn.newsday.com” class=”wp-image-1.3245191″/>
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Lawrence Striegel
  • Work continues under the streets of Manhattan on the Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access project on Nov. 4, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • East Side Access workers can be seen during a press tour of the project on Nov. 4, 2015. The tour given by the Metropolitan Transit Authority started at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan and went north under Park Avenue to East 50th Street.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Work is seen on the Long Island Road Road's East Side Access project during a press tour on Nov. 4, 2015, in Manhattan. The underground tour went from Grand Central Terminal and ran under Park Avenue north to under East 50th Street.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • A crew works on the Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access project on Nov. 4, 2015, in New York City. The project is one of the largest transportation infrastructure projects currently underway in the United States. It includes over 11 miles of tunneling and consists of work in multiple locations in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. East Side Access is being designed to serve about 162,000 customers per day and provide a quicker and easier commute from Long Island and Queens to the East Side of Manhattan.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • New York, NY - Vince DeNina, Inspector on the East Side Access tunnel project, walks near the opening of Tunnel A in Queens, not far from where an adjacent tunnel, B/C lay, now extends to and just 6 feet under the LIRR main tracks in Long Island City where underground tunneling is complete. TBM machines have been tunneling below street level as part of the East Side Access project. MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota announced that the last drilling machine completed work on July 22 in tunnel B/C as part of the East Side Access project on the Queens side. A TBM drilling/tunneling machine named
    Photo Credit: Newsday Craig Ruttle
  • A construction worker watches as building progresses on the East Side Access project about 70 feet below street level under Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan on Jan. 28, 2010. The project is now slated to be finished in 2023.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Construction is done on the East Side Access tunnel, about 70 feet below street level under Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan on Jan. 28, 2010. As of April 28, 2014, the project is scheduled to be completed by 2023 and expected to cost $11 billion.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • A construction worker walks along a cavern of the East Side Access under Grand Central Terminal in this undated image.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • New York, NY - Vince DeNina, Inspector on the East Side Access tunnel project, walks along work tracks of Tunnel B/C in Queens, in the tunnel that now extends to and just 6 feet under the LIRR main tracks in Long Island City with underground tunneling now complete (this is the end where tunneling machines enter, 50 feet below the street). Pipes in the tunnel provide fresh air and others transport fluids and slurry as part of the process. MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota announced that the last drilling machine completed work on July 22 in tunnel B/C as part of the East Side Access project on the Queens side. A TBM drilling/tunneling machine named
    Photo Credit: Newsday Craig Ruttle
  • New York, NY - Vince DeNina, Inspector on the East Side Access tunnel project, stands amongst the over 300 for long TBM machine named
    Photo Credit: Newsday Craig Ruttle
  • New York, NY - Workers enter tunnel B/C at the Queens work area where TBM machines have been tunneling below street level on the LIRR East Side Access project. Tunnel A is left. This is a few hundred feet from where Chairman Joseph Lhota announced that the last drilling machine completed work on July 22 in tunnel B/C as part of the East Side Access project on the Queens side. A TBM drilling/tunneling machine named
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • A view of the Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access construction site in Manhattan on Nov. 4, 2015. The project includes over 11 miles of tunneling and consists of work in multiple locations in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. The East Side Access is designed to provide a quicker and easier commute from Long Island and Queens to the east side of Manhattan.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa
  • Workers on the Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access project in New York City take a break on Nov. 4, 2015. When completed the East Side Access will serve about 162,000 customers per day and will providing a quicker and easier commute from Long Island and Queens to the east side of Manhattan.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa

Photos from the East Side Access project.

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