BROOKLYN-BATTERY (HUGH L. CAREY) TUNNEL

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (officially the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel) is a tolled tunnel in New York City that connects Red Hook in Brooklyn with Battery Park in Manhattan. The tunnel consists of twin tubes that each carry two traffic lanes under the mouth of the East River. I-478 is the official route designation for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and its approaches, although it is not signed as such. With a length of 9,117 feet, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in North America.