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Queens–Midtown Tunnel

tunnel in New York City
Place Road Tunnel Q125138
Queens–Midtown Tunnel
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Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
road tunnel
Inception
November 15, 1940[7]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.746°, -73.965°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
New York City[2]
More facts +6
Carries thoroughfare
Interstate 495[10]
Crosses
East River[6]
Date of official opening
November 15, 1940[9]
Maintained by
Metropolitan Transportation Authority[4]
Operator
MTA Bridges and Tunnels[5]
Structural engineer
Ole Singstad[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Midtown Tunnel en Queens-Midtown Tunnel en Queens–Midtown Tunnel da Midtowntunnelen de Midtown Tunnel de Queens Midtown Tunnel es Tunel Queens Midtown es Túnel Queens Midtown he מנהרת קווינס מידטאון ja クイーンズ-ミッドタウン・トンネル ru Тоннель Куинс — Мидтаун zh 皇后區中城隧道
🔖 Identifiers · 12
VIAF cluster ID
381144783003298363744
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2009010797
DPLA subject term
Midtown-Queens Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
FAST ID
1922100
Freebase ID
/m/02dgxh
GNIS Feature ID
962085
GeoNames ID
6343978
Google Maps Customer ID
15467016206193034298
J9U entity ID
987007572668505171
Structurae structure ID
20000830
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Tunnel", "Queens-MidtownTunnel::xbz6v"], Entity["Tunnel", "QueensMidtownTunnel"]
Yale LUX ID
place/50601718-20b8-4e47-a5ec-e40ec17e80d2
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🔗 Connections
Carries thoroughfare 1
Interstate 495
Country 1
United States
Crosses 1
East River
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
New York City
Maintained by 1
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Operator 1
MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Structural engineer 1
Ole Singstad
← FactGrid item ID 1
Monthaut
← Filming location 1
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Summary

Queens–Midtown Tunnel is a road tunnel[1].

Related Entities

Men in Black Monthaut New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Carries thoroughfare → Interstate 495
    Coordinate location → 40.746°, -73.965°
    Operator → MTA Bridges and Tunnels
    Crosses → East River
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [en-gb] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36491"
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