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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Jun 5, 2013, 01:52 PM Jun 2013

MTA: R Train Tunnel Repair Shutdown To Last A Year

By: NY1 News

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be shutting down a key East River subway tunnel for at least a year so it can repair damage from Hurricane Sandy.

The Montague Tunnel carries the R Train from Manhattan to Brooklyn.

It was the last of the East River tunnels to reopen after the hurricane.

Since then, MTA officials say many of the tunnel's electronic components have been breaking down because of the lingering corrosion caused by the flood of saltwater into the tube.

Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/183249/mta--r-train-tunnel-repair-shutdown-to-last-a-year

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