Queens Midtown Tunnel
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The Queens Midtown Tunnel is a toll road in New York City. It crosses under the East River and connects the Borough of Queens (at the Long Island City terminus of I-495, the Long Island Expressway) with the Borough of Manhattan (between the major crosstown thoroughfares of East 34 Street and East 42 Street in the Midtown Manhattan area). Opened to traffic in 1940, it consists of twin tubes, carrying an aggregate of four traffic lanes. The tunnel is 1,955 m (6,414 feet) long.
One interesting feature is the apartment houses that overlook the toll plaza.
From March 18, 2005, the crossing charge for a two-axle passenger vehicle is $4.50 charged in each direction, with a 50¢ discount for E-ZPass users.
The tunnel is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York).
In the 1997 feature film Men in Black, Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith star in a scene in which their Ford LTD car overturns to ride on the ceiling of the tunnel.
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