The Long Island Rail Road evacuated its West Side Yards and suffered flooding in one East River tunnel.
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The city hired the consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff in early 2011 to study the merits of extending the subway, shortly after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie canceled the planned "Access to the Region's Core" cross-river tunnel project, which was a blow to those who believe the region is hampered by the limited capacity for trains crossing the Hudson between Manhattan and the suburbs.
We made it down a hill, through 6 inches of mud, crawled across a ledge, across a river and through a scary tunnel to get to the other side.
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Then, just at the mouth of the tunnel under the Hudson River, the pink rectangle disappeared.
They take the elephants off, and they walk them through the Queens Midtown Tunnel underneath the East River, along 34th Street to Madison Square Garden.
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"I tried to stay between second and fourth place for most of the race and on the final lap, when I got to the tunnel, by the river, my legs still felt good, " he said.
In 2010, the New Jersey state government canceled the Hudson River rail project that would have built a new tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan.
Already in the planning stages: a 37-km tunnel to channel water from the Benus river in water-rich Pahang state to drought-stricken Selangor state, and a pipe to link the Gombak river in KL to the Wangsa Maju water treatment plant.
India's dam will divert some of the river down a 22km (14-mile) mountain tunnel to turbines.
The Dartford Tunnel and Queen Elizabeth II bridge cross the River Thames between Dartford and Thurrock.
The Dartford Tunnel and Queen Elizabeth II bridge cross the River Thames between Dartford and Thurrock, forming a link in the M25 motorway, carrying about 150, 000 vehicles a day.
Bridges and tunnels were closed across the region, including the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the Holland Tunnel, the Tappan Zee Bridge and all spans across the East River.
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