Why the Queens Midtown Tunnel has doors to prevent disaster

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Жыл бұрын

The Queens-Midtown Tunnel was first planned in 1921, though the plans for the tunnel were modified over the following years. By the 1930s, the tunnel was being proposed as the Triborough Tunnel, connecting Queens and Brooklyn with Manhattan's east and west sides. Find out when was the Queens Midtown Tunnel built? How was the Queens Midtown Tunnel built? Why does the Queens Midtown Tunnel have doors? Does the Midtown Tunnel flood?
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@ompuri5339 Жыл бұрын

Since he doesn't mention them, the doors are there as a response to the tunnels being flooded during hurricane sandy. They are meant as flood gates that can handle storm surges four feet higher than sandys for when the next superstorm hits.

@russellfitzpatrick503 Жыл бұрын

Nice of the video to let us know that

@nelsonnoname001 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, these vids have been slipping lately, don't think the dude's 1st language us English, and they need to do more QC with their scripts and info

@larrypatterson5363 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the fill-in information!!!

@brandonhilton5773 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information

@Darkk6969 Жыл бұрын

The superstorm event is extremely rare for NYC. The doors could also serve to convert the tunnels into a temporary emergency shelter. They look beefy enough to do that.

@wolfmobile3693 Жыл бұрын

For those of you wondering about the giant doors, the city installed those on the tunnel's entrance after hurricane Sandy in order to keep it from flooding during the next hurricane. They have yet to be tested under actual hurricane conditions.

@Darkk6969 Жыл бұрын

It'll probably be another 100 years for it to happen as it's extremely rare. Least it's there now.

@dwarf365 Жыл бұрын

Wow that was amazing info about the doors that you put in the title. Everything I ever wanted to know about the DOORS of the Queens Midtown Tunnel. Seriously, you might want to change the title.

@terrynixon2758 Жыл бұрын

I'm starting to think he does it on purpose to generate more comments

@mason03bodine Жыл бұрын

Wait. What about the doors? How do they prevent disaster?

@ginog5037 Жыл бұрын

Click Bait...

@wolfmobile3693 Жыл бұрын

You are right. He forgot to explain the doors. The doors were installed on the tunnel after hurricane Sandy to prevent the tunnel from flooding when the next hurricane hits the city.

@ronblack7870 Жыл бұрын

by clickbating you into watching they prevent him losing money.

@rickmunro5332 Жыл бұрын

Click the dislike button for all misleading titles

@TheEgg185 Жыл бұрын

@@rickmunro5332 Thank you I will.

@wolfmobile3693 Жыл бұрын

Even with all these bridges and tunnels, the congestion makes it feel as NYC needs more of them!

@nyrmetros Жыл бұрын

Would love to see a video about the East River railroad and subway tunnels. They are heavily utilized and very much taken for granted.

@andrewfischer8564 Жыл бұрын

15:24 the big building on the left with white stripes is the horizon... second building i worked on as an apprentice electrician when it went up around 1988.

@marcbeebee6969 Жыл бұрын

Finally someone not complaining about doors. Did you meet Tom hanks at 1:57? Jokes aside the guy looks like him, right?

@brianjoy3407 Жыл бұрын

@@marcbeebee6969 I thought the same thing on the door complaint...lmfaoooo

@marcbeebee6969 Жыл бұрын

@@brianjoy3407 yeah but go to 1:57 there is Tom hanks

@brianjoy3407 Жыл бұрын

@@marcbeebee6969 lmfaoooooo

@knightlyjayful Жыл бұрын

What about the doors? Or was that just clickbait? I drive through this tunnel about once a month and have always wondered about them. I thought I’d get an answer here.

@Harley-and-Her-Ruff-Riders Жыл бұрын

Another comment said they were installed following Sandy. They can prevent storm surges that can be up to 4 feet higher than Sandy's were. But no, I'm 99% sure there was a disconnect between whoever records, whoever edits and whoever uploads.

@godowrk3360 Жыл бұрын

Change the title. You didn’t mention the doors.

@JohnNack Жыл бұрын

I watched this whole damn video for the info about the doors you didn’t mention

@alk61695 Жыл бұрын

I still take the 59th Street Bridge to avoid the toll of the tunnel.

@coreybabcock2023 Ай бұрын

Your a true patriot

@tr8d3r Жыл бұрын

It is a shame that connectivity between the midtown tunnel and lincoln tunnel was not done. Aside from the cross-bronx expressway to the GWB, all other Queens / Brooklyn routes to NJ involve crossing on city streets.

@TonysMusic1974 Жыл бұрын

still love the way you say "nineteen" "noynteen"

@natashaholiday7298 Жыл бұрын

I live right down the block from this tunnel.

@BobbyNewhartFace Жыл бұрын

What about the doors???

@winwinniewinfield Жыл бұрын

Ummm sooo what about those doors lol .. great job as always. Just always wanted to know about the doors …. I assume it’s something that prevents the east river from making its home on Manhattan

@this51man Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what they're for lol

@firesurfer Жыл бұрын

It's to prevent flooding from hurricanes, not the river itself.

Жыл бұрын

I have never been to New York but feel like I have seen this Tunnel a million times from GTA Games and Television :)

@mattypants Жыл бұрын

So...the doors?

@Floedekage Жыл бұрын

🎶 Riders on the storm 🎵

@mohammedcohen Жыл бұрын

...used'ta take the tunnel in the 70s to get to one of my favorite hobby shops...the Squadron Shop in Syosset, LI

@cruzcontrol1504 Жыл бұрын

Top notch content, totally professional polish, well researched, great stuff

@UserNameMandatory Жыл бұрын

We could really use that actual midtown tunnel to drive from Queens to NJ without having to get out struggle through traffic between tunnels.

@gjrip Жыл бұрын

Amazing video as always! The It’s History title card intro music came in particularly hot today.

@MarkfromNewYork Жыл бұрын

i have been thorough this tunnel hundreds and hundreds of times since i first got my drivers license in 1992

@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 Жыл бұрын

Much like the tunnels in Norfolk/Portsmouth Virginia where one completely filled up due to a malfunction with the storms doors which didn't drop when asked politely by some pixies I'm pretty sure that's what someone forgot his video was supposed to be about. You could say his train of thought left through the nearest available open door. The storm was hurricane Isabel and it definitely sucked.

@user-if4df7lk1z Жыл бұрын

I used to use that tunnel.

@dedrakuhn6103 Жыл бұрын

Who knew the manhattan tunnel fan would have been exhausted when worn out

@75OldsNinetyEight Жыл бұрын

Yes people, putting on some Jim Morrison & Co will prevent you from experiencing a party disaster no matter where you are 🎸

@chrispraz877 Жыл бұрын

As a native Ny'er I Absolutely love your channel Ryan. Great archival footage.

@curiosity2314 Жыл бұрын

Lots of pictures of the doors but zero comments about them. ?!?

@crabtonia 3 ай бұрын

Another remarkable piece...thank you...dgp/uk

@ITSHISTORY 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@georgetreisbach3849 Жыл бұрын

So there are doors?

@salty6pence672 Жыл бұрын

I was like "Hello where are the doors."

@makipsee Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing at @8:00 is one of the doors?

@vassa1972 Жыл бұрын

Interesting video

@FernandoTRA Жыл бұрын

Hey Ryan, so what about the doors? Other persons on the commentary section have explained about them, but not you.

@stuartlee6622 Жыл бұрын

Anybody remember Horn Construction Company?

@coreybabcock2023 Ай бұрын

We need to focus on the cost of crossing it !

@billwalker9509 Ай бұрын

15:04 - It isn't New York 495, it's Interstate 495.

@brianberthold3118 Жыл бұрын

i can watch this channels vids all day

@user-if4df7lk1z Жыл бұрын

There is a tunnel from Manhatton to Brooklyn too.

@jstoney6471 Жыл бұрын

I worked as a Site Engineer on the 1998-2002 rehab of the QMT.

@Hypestrike1 Жыл бұрын

If you have time, there are a lot of questions I want to ask you.

@gouryg4774 Жыл бұрын

I worked for the company providing the actuation systems for the damper doors during the ventilation rehab.

@Hypestrike1 Жыл бұрын

@@gouryg4774 Similarly, if you ever have time there are questions I would like to ask you as well.

@fredashay Жыл бұрын

Wait! There's a tunnel in New York that goes to Holland?!?!

@firesurfer Жыл бұрын

"As a tribute, it bears the name of its first chief engineer, Clifford M. Holland, who with his team surmounted many previously unsolved tunnel engineering problems."

@fredashay Жыл бұрын

@@firesurfer r/whoosh

@jimpatrick5918 Жыл бұрын

Thank you commenters for answering the question

@rickn501s Жыл бұрын

I can remember when the Queens Midtown Tunnel used to be free. It should be the same today! One more reason to move out of New York!

@Doc_Rainbow Жыл бұрын

5-6$ for one drive throu?! Wow imagine needing to Go throu that tunnel every day...

@anonymouscoward7559 Жыл бұрын

were the doors mentioned?

@joeb.2041 Ай бұрын

Did he say hunts point was on Long Island ? Bronx baby

@markmoreiras7649 Жыл бұрын

Whats the song in the intro?

@user-if4df7lk1z Жыл бұрын

No wonder The Queens Tunnel looked so nice before the flood.

@CadillacM Жыл бұрын

I use it 5 days a week

@97nelsn Жыл бұрын

Its $6.55 with NYS issued EZPass readers. I have an NJ EZPass reader and I get charged the full $10.17 to cross the tunnel (and bridges run by the MTA).

@JeffDeWitt Жыл бұрын

I have a North Carolina EZPass and was wondering about that. So... I hope we charge people with New York issued EZPasses the full charge when they drive on our toll roads... and we seem to have a LOT of New Yorkers around here.

@warmon6 Жыл бұрын

Looks like Its history left the door open since the doors were forgotten about

@marcbeebee6969 Жыл бұрын

1:56 IS THAT TOM HANK'S DOPPELGÄNGER?

@mattsprayberry0 Жыл бұрын

Casual steals someone else's license plate

@mikepierce1724 Жыл бұрын

Had a man came to Maine before born built cabin small town called him admiral bird

@ACasualRacer Жыл бұрын

Doors....?

@oli24yt Жыл бұрын

my guy you didn’t even explain the doors

@KypHeM Жыл бұрын

You can deduct the cost of tolls on your taxes its not a biggie

@Transit_Biker Жыл бұрын

You didn't even mention the doors...

@paddaydaddy Жыл бұрын

Why is nyc infrastructure history so damn interesting?

@Wojtekpl2 Жыл бұрын

So? What about those doors ?

@rowanhawke7058 Жыл бұрын

...if you're going to clickbait me to find out about why there are doors for the tunnel then maybe you should actually mention it

@dunkalunk Жыл бұрын

$6.55 is dang cheap when it comes to taking a car into midtown manhattan. not sure what makes this "astronomical" compared to transit far or anything else within NYC

@Ratcher. Жыл бұрын

Robert Moses was a blight on this earth for what he did to US cities

@user-if4df7lk1z Жыл бұрын

I used EZ Pass.

@drbernstein3073 Жыл бұрын

Great vid. Narrator a bit too excited.

@joeydego2 9 ай бұрын

If air was changed every hour, you’d have a lot of dead people. Air is changed approx every 90 seconds. Vent fans run constantly.

@KenACollins Жыл бұрын

Are they still charging the toll in both directions? That would be outrageous to pay $20 for a round trip plus the Hudson River crossing toll. When they had the tollbooths, they charged both ways. It is not clear, but then again this guy never explained the doors so clarity and completeness are not his strong points.

@lotharhamburg5343 Жыл бұрын

Gotham city rules

@michaelf.2449 Жыл бұрын

Why are we asking about doors?

@Floedekage Жыл бұрын

Because they made good music. 👍

@fuckfannyfiddlefart Жыл бұрын

Imagine they had built more rails INSTEAD STUPID ROADS Ecocide

@georgesmith8113 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👊👊

@TrainsFerriesFeet Жыл бұрын

Tolls are expensive, but people should focus on taking public transportation in NYC, anyway.

@corigliano53 Жыл бұрын

Please Please Please turn down that intro music.

@roseeze166 Жыл бұрын

I was the first to thumbs up

@ral3178 Жыл бұрын

I was the 16th thumbs up

@roseeze166 Жыл бұрын

@@ral3178 👍

@Mageroeth Жыл бұрын

Reading the comments ive noticed then video has nothing to do with the title so as such i will downvote this. Now youtube has hidden dislikes for reasons but know this this video has more dislikes then likes.

@TradShowTom Жыл бұрын

18 minutes of history and not a single word about the doors. IT'S THE FRIGGIN TITLE OF THE VIDEO! Great video but change the stupid title.

@Tobashadow Жыл бұрын

Nice clickbait

@Burnout3D Жыл бұрын

Not a fan of clickbait bullshit. Was hoping to learn about the doors on the tunnels, ya know, like how they're made, the purpose, how they work, and maybe showcasing examples of similar structures in other places. But the best you did was earn a thumbs down from me and I'll be blocking this channel from my reccomendations as anyone else who feels fooled should. That ain't cool dude.