How Engineers Are Building a New Railroad Under New York City

Re:How Engineers Are Building a New Railroad Under New York ... by BasilAwad on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @06:36PM (#5789686)

$8.24 billion for 7 miles of tunnel

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Re:How Engineers Are Building a New Railroad Under New York ... by coldtea on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @07:22PM (#5789906)

What's the point of this? That you can do it cheaper? Under New York? With the necessary precautions and the same specs?

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Re:How Engineers Are Building a New Railroad Under New York ... by BasilAwad on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @09:50PM (#5790422)

amazement. sorry for the ambiguity.

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Re:How Engineers Are Building a New Railroad Under New York ... by blackjack48 on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @08:23PM (#5790197)

That's about standard for a deep-bore tunnel in the U.S. these days. The 1.7 mile long Central Subway in SF is $1.6b (without factoring in the inevitable cost overruns.)

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