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Excavation work on the cavern that will house the Second Avenue Subway's 86th Street Station. (Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
NEW YORK—The Second Avenue Subway is a new line being built under Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where workers have been carving out the tunnels and station caverns for years.
Part one of the massive infrastructure project—one of the largest in the United States—is slated for completion in December 2016.
[Related: Massive Subway Caverns Under New York]
These photos show excavation work on the cavern that will one day be a brand new station, at 86th Street and Second Avenue.
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
A map of the Second Avenue Subway (blue line), none of which is currently operating. The first phase, under construction, runs from 96th Street south, looping into the existing Lexington Av/63 Street station. Funding for the rest of the project (three more phases) isn't in place yet. (MTA)
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
(Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Patrick Cashin)
