MTA East Side Access project: Long Island's link to Grand Central 'an incredible thing'
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Contractors work on the East Side Access Project on Tuesday in below midtown Manhattan. The East Access Project will enable Long Island Rail Road customers to arrive directly at Grand Central Station. (Jan. 29, 2013)
A tour of the East Side Access Project beneath Manhattan
Some 130 feet below Grand Central Terminal, massive drills and backhoes tear away at 500 million-year-old rockbed, carving out a space that will rival its upstairs neighbor in size when it's finished.
At distances of 40-100 feet of rock every 24 hours, it is a labor-intensive undertaking measured in years, not days. When completed in September 2019, it will give more than 160,000 Long Island...
