The Insanely Expensive Second Avenue Subway Explained
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The boring machine, nicknamed "Adi," sits in the southbound tunnel at 96th Street, 2011. (Jake Dobkin/Gothamist)
Empty platform at 96th Street, days before the Second Avenue Subway is expected to open. (Gretchen Robinette/Gothamist)
The face of "Adi." (Jake Dobkin/Gothamist)
Excavation site for 72nd Street station, 2012. (MTA)
Second Avenue Subway Groundbreaking, 10/27/1972; NYCTA Photograph Unit Collection. (Courtesy of New York Transit Museum)
Structural supports line the walls of the northbound tunnel, 2012. (Jake Dobkin/Gothamist)
Workers in the tunnel at 86th Street, 2013. (Evan Bindelglass/Gothamist)
Digging at the 86th Street tunnel, 2013. (Evan Bindelglass/Gothamist)
Northbound tunnel at 86th Street, 2013. (Evan Bindelglass/Gothamist)
72nd Street station, 2013. (Patrick Cashin/MTA)
Nearly finished tunnel, 2015. (Christian Hansen/Gothamist)
Stairwells under construction at 86th Street, 2015. (Christian Hansen/Gothamist)
Glass pavilion over 96th Street station. (Gretchen Robinette/Gothamist)
Onwards and upwards.(Gretchen Robinette/Gothamist)