New York subway line conceived in 1920’s opens

The Second Avenue subway is now reality.

While more than a million people ring in the new year with their eyes on a glittering ball high above Times Square, a select group of construction workers and city officials will toast 2017 underground on the inaugural ride of a subway line a century in the making.

Only about a quarter of the line, envisioned to run 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from Harlem to near Wall Street, is opening over the weekend. It is two miles (3.2 km) long, with three stations on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Given its history of delays, completion of the entire line could be in the distant future.

The launch of Manhattan’s Second Avenue line, which is by invitation only, will be about 100 feet below the street starting around 10 p.m. on Saturday (0300 GMT on Sunday). The public can start riding the line at 12 noon (1700 GMT) on Sunday.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.