Talk:Staten Island Tunnel

The world's longest tunnel ???
How to reconcile the hook claim "... that at 10,400 feet (3,200 m), the Staten Island Tunnel would have been the world's longest tunnel, but it was abandoned after only 150 feet (46 m) of it had been built?" for a project first vented in 1888 with the Gotthard Tunnel 15.003 km (9.322 mi) long constructed from 1871 to 1881. -- KlausFoehl (talk) 10:44, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

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Staten Island Tunnel claim of "would have been world's longest tunnel" IMHO erroneous. Project first discussed in 1888 but i.e. Gotthard Tunnel 15.003 km (9.322 mi) long finished in 1881. See also Severn Tunnel. -- KlausFoehl (talk) 11:36, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Further info: Severn Tunnel 4 miles 624 yd (7,008 m) long, opened 1886, 2¼ miles (3.62 km) under river. Staten Island Tunnel with 10,400 feet (3,200 m) still not "world's longest underwater tunnel". For "longest underwater section" there is no length given in Staten Island Tunnel, hence no easy way out in salvaging the hook with a modification. -- KlausFoehl (talk) 12:31, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

As of 12:35, 29 July 2015 (UTC) KlausFoehl (talk) 12:35, 29 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Correction: Would have been among the longest. Also the longest in the US at the time. Epic Genius (talk) 14:39, 29 July 2015 (UTC)