Construction
The contract for the construction of the passageway was given on July 29, 2005 to Slattery Skanska. Construction began in 2005, with the closure of the Cortlandt Street station on the BMT Broadway line, which closed on August 20, 2005 and Dey Street proper. Cut and cover construction was used to construct the tunnel. A building at the corner of Dey Street and Broadway was demolished on January 29, 2007, to allow the creation for a head house or entrance for the new facility.
The tunnel will be 29 feet (8.8 m) wide; it was intended to be 40 feet (12 m) wide, but due to financial costs it had to shrink in size. It will link the exit at the middle of the IRT Lexington Avenue Fulton Street Station with the World Trade Center Transportation facility. With the conclusion of cut and cover construction, Dey Street reopened to traffic on November 24, 2008. The uptown platform of the Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line) station reopened on November 25, 2009. Fit-out work of much of the Dey Street Passageway, including the placement of floor and wall tiles, is underway as of August 5, 2012.
On September 6, 2011, a portion of the Dey Street Passageway opened up as the underpass of the R train at Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line). This permitted the reopening of the southbound platform, which does not have street-level access on the western side of Church Street. A white false wall separates the opened underpass with the rest of the passageway, which is yet under construction. A progress presentation from the MTA on June 2012 had suggested that there will be fare control at the underpass/passageway level, along with elevator access.
The headhouse was originally scheduled to open on July 31, 2012, but will open instead in late September 2012, along with the conclusion of fit-out work for the passageway. The headhouse will serve as an entrance to both the passageway and the southbound platform of the 4/5 at Fulton Street (New York City Subway) station.
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