In mid-2015, Lower Manhattan will greatly expand its transit access with the opening of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. Designed by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, $3.9 billion hub will be home to the PATH, connect to 13 subway lines via the Fulton Street Transit Center and other terminals, and link pedestrians to the World Financial Center (WFC) and its ferries through an underground concourse. Its largely column-free interior main space will allow natural light to reach the rail platforms 60 feet below ground.
Work on the 800,000-square-foot hub officially began in September 2005, and it is slated to open in 2015. For more details about the groundbreaking click here, or visit the Looking Ahead page to read more about the landmark structure.
Click here to view a slide show featuring the latest renderings of this project.
PATH STATION: A temporary entrance to the WTC PATH station is open on Vesey Street at West Broadway, with stairs, escalators, and an elevator.
The north entrance allows for demolition of the former entrance and construction of the new permanent WTC Transportation Hub. (The Church Street entrance closed in April 2008.)
The WTC E subway station is temporarily no longer wheelchair-accessible. Riders are advised to use the M6 bus to the West 4th Street station as an alternative, or use elevator entrances at the 4/5/6 Brooklyn Bridge station, or the 1/2/3 Chambers Street station.
Greenwich Street corridor (1 subway box): steel and concrete placing under No. 1 subway box
PEDESTRIAN CONCOURSE ("east-west connector"):
Construction of the West Street pedestrian underpass (the "east-west connector") -- to link the WTC with Battery Park City's World Financial Center -- is active on the west side of the WTC site just south of the Freedom Tower and across West Street.
East-west connector structural components are being installed across West Street
Headhouse construction is active outside the WFC's Winter Garden with coordination with Brookfield Properties, Turner Construction and the state DOT. (Read more here.)
For more information about the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and to contact the Port Authority, please visit its website at www.pathrestoration.com.
The $3.9 billion hub is partly funded by the Federal Transit Administration, which accounts for nearly $2 billion. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will cover the remaining investment.
In addition to creating approximately 10,000 construction jobs, the Port Authority expects the hub to generate $3.7 billion per year in direct economic activity. The hub’s main function of linking virtually all forms of mass transit, however, will make the rebuilt World Trade Center easier to access for the expected 250,000 daily visitors and commuters and link them to other parts of the city and region.
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